The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (eBook)
“The Man-Eaters of Tsavo”, which was first published in 1907 and is regarded as one of the most well-known tales of man-eating lions in contemporary times, is the first-hand narrative of Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson's 1898 encounter with several deadly lions while building the Uganda railway through British East Africa. The story takes place in modern-day Kenya, during the contentious Uganda Railway construction, which stretched all the way to Lake Victoria.
A pair of ferocious lions killed numerous workmen and indigenous people while Patterson was constructing a bridge. According to Patterson, "between them [the lions], no fewer than 28 Indian coolies, in addition to scores of unfortunate African natives of whom no official records were kept" perished.
In his heroic pursuit for these lions, Patterson comes across numerous more strange and perilous animals. Apart from the captivating narrative of the search for the man-eaters, Patterson also elucidates the additional obstacles to the bridge undertaking, including labor disputes and a catastrophic flood. This collection of this intriguing historical narrative includes Patterson's original 1907 work, which includes more than a hundred images and illustrations.
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About the Author
Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson, DSO, known as J.H. Patterson, was an Anglo-Irish soldier, hunter, author and Zionist, best known for his book The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (1907), which details his experiences while building a railway bridge over the Tsavo river in Kenya in 1898-99.
Although he was himself a Protestant, he became a major figure in Zionism as the commander of both the Zion Mule Corps and of the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (aka Jewish Legion of the British Army) in World War One. He ultimately achieved the rank of Lt. Colonel, and retired from the British Army in 1920. Patterson was a strong supporter of the establishment of a separate Jewish state in the Middle East, which was realized with the statehood of Israel on May 14, 1948, less than a year after his death. Patterson died at the age of eighty. He was living in California at the time.