Taking a short break recently I was able to get my nose into a copy of ,what is considered the greatest of T.V.Bulpin's stories, "The Ivory Trail" and what a story it is !.Bvekenya the Shanganes called him-'The one who swaggers as he walks'.Just reading the 'Prelude' was enough to enthrall me and,no doubt many others before me.He was a legend of the bush and no yarn could be told about the bush without Bvekenya's name cropping up.His real name was Cecil Barnard but he always added 'better known as Bvekenya !' Born in 1886 in the small village of Knysna he soon became familiar with the local elephants , a passion that he enjoyed all his life.
The book in 18 chapters takes the reader through his many adventures at a time when the elephant roamed the bush and was of course hunted for his tusks.Illustrated throughout by the attractively graphic and much admired C T Astley Maberly ,Bvekenya's many adventures along the "Ivory Trail' are brilliantly told.
Find a copy . you will enjoy it !
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