John Henry Patterson

First published in 1907 and considered to be one of the most famous stories of man-eating lions in modern times, “The Man-Eaters of Tsavo” is the first-hand account of Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson’s encounter with several deadly lions during the building of the Uganda railway through British East Africa in 1898. The book takes place in what is present day Kenya during the construction of the controversial Uganda Railway, which extended to Lake Victoria. Patterson was in charge of...

Considered to be one of the most famous stories of man-eating lions in modern times, «The Man-Eaters of Tsavo» is the first-hand account of Lieutanant-Colonel John Henry Patterson's encounter with several man-eating lions during the building of the Uganda railway through British East Africa in 1898. Contained within this volume is the original 1907 book with over a hundred photographs and illustrations.