Africa's Greatest Tuskers: Stories, History, And Lore On The Largest Tuskers Ever To Come From The Dark Continent

Hardcover, 308 pages.

Tony Sanchez-Ariño's name is synonymous with hunting the African elephant, and this is the ultimate book on the largest tuskers to come out of Africa over the past 150 years. In order to be listed in this book, an elephant had to have at least one tusk of 130 pounds or more. This was a monumental project and is based on three years of research that utilized information unearthed from the archives of countless libraries, museums, national parks, professional hunting organizations, and private collections.

Amazingly, Sanchez uncovered dozens of elephants not listed in Rowland Ward, some on public display, some hidden in private collections, and all of them massive. Along the way he unearthed mysteries, long-forgotten jealousies, and baffling puzzles. The stories are all here, often in great detail, accompanied by photos, and some entries read like "whodunit's."

Tony Sanchez and his research team followed up every "elephant track," and many of the stories Sanchez found involve hunters who did not want to follow a track because it was too small, but when they did, they discovered small feet do not always indicate small tusks. Some of these elephants you'll read about in this book were so famous that they had names given to them by the locals, which added to the legendary status and the lore of the region.

Huge tuskers like these are now a thing of the past, but they march through the pages of this book in all their glory, brought back to life through entertaining text and stunning images. 

Nothing in Africa fascinates like big elephants-or, more precisely, big-tusked elephants. And nobody in the world knows big tuskers better than Tony Sanchez-Ariño. This book lists every known elephant with at least one tusk of 130 pounds or more and tells the stories of who hunted them, who owns them, or how they were found.