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The Man-eaters of Tsavo is a book written by John Henry Patterson in 1907 that recounts his experiences while overseeing the construction of a railroad bridge in what would become Kenya. It is most widely known for recounting the story of a pair of lions that he killed, known as the Tsavo maneaters.
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- THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO AND Other East African Adventures
- BY
- Lieut.-Col. J. H. Patterson, D.S.O.
- WITH A FOREWORD BY FREDERICK COURTENEY SELOUS
- WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- FOREWORD
- WITH A FOREWORD BY FREDERICK COURTENEY SELOUS
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE MAN-EATERS OF TSAVO
- CHAPTER I
- MY ARRIVAL AT TSAVO
- CHAPTER II
- THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE MAN-EATERS
- CHAPTER III
- THE ATTACK ON THE GOODS-WAGON
- CHAPTER IV
- THE BUILDING OF THE TSAVO BRIDGE
- CHAPTER V
- TROUBLES WITH THE WORKMEN
- CHAPTER VI
- THE REIGN OF TERROR
- CHAPTER VII
- THE DISTRICT OFFICER'S NARROW ESCAPE
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE DEATH OF THE FIRST MAN-EATER
- CHAPTER IX
- THE DEATH OF THE SECOND MAN-EATER
- CHAPTER X
- THE COMPLETION OF THE TSAVO BRIDGE
- CHAPTER XI
- THE SWAHILI AND OTHER NATIVE TRIBES
- CHAPTER XII
- A NIGHT AFTER HIPPO
- CHAPTER XIII
- A DAY ON THE N'DUNGU ESCARPMENT
- CHAPTER XIV
- THE FINDING OF THE MAN-EATERS' DEN
- CHAPTER XV
- UNSUCCESSFUL RHINO HUNTS
- CHAPTER XVI
- A WIDOW'S STORY
- CHAPTER XVII
- AN INFURIATED RHINO
- CHAPTER XVIII
- LIONS ON THE ATHI PLAINS
- CHAPTER XIX
- THE STRICKEN CARAVAN
- CHAPTER XX
- A DAY ON THE ATHI RIVER
- CHAPTER XXI
- THE MASAI AND OTHER TRIBES
- CHAPTER XXII
- HOW ROSHAN KHAN SAVED MY LIFE
- CHAPTER XXIII
- A SUCCESSFUL LION HUNT
- CHAPTER XXIV
- BHOOTA'S LAST SHIKAR
- CHAPTER XXV
- A MAN-EATER IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
- CHAPTER XXVI
- WORK AT NAIROBI
- CHAPTER XXVII
- THE FINDING OF THE NEW ELAND
- APPENDIX
- I.
- II.
- CHAPTER I
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