Description: THE MEMORIES OF THE GEMINI GENERALS PERSONAL ANECDOTES, SPORTING ADVENTURES, AND SKETCHES OF DISTINGUISHED OFFICERS MAJOR-GENERAL OSBORN WILKINSON AND MAJOR-GENERAL JOHNSON WILKINSON LONDON: A.D. INNES AND CO. 1896 Third edition. The Geminis of the title were twin brothers serving in the Victorian era British army. Osborn Wilkinson bagged a tiger as well as bear in his share of this work of military adventures and sporting trips primarily in western India. He also notes hunting a black cheetah, wild boar, and bison. Brother Johnson Wilkinson hunted in Ceylon where he shot elephant and buffalo. He also relates a hair-raising episode in which he was attacked by a leopard and forced to defend himself with his knife. (Czech, Bibliography of Asian Big Game Hunting Books.) General Osborn servered with Cough's army in the Sikh campaign and in the mutiny. General Johnson was present at the Ceylon rebellion of 1848, he also includes a chapter on the American Civil War where he was a guest of the Northern army 23 x 15 cm. (8vo.) xii + 441 pp. Very good + condition. Some light foxing to the page edges and endpapers but otherwise very clean. Binding firm. Pictures sell! Auctiva offers Free Image Hosting and Editing. The complete eBay Selling Solution.
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Author: Wilkinson
Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: History & Military
Original/Facsimile: Original
Region: Asia
Year Printed: 1896
