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The Greatest Hunting Story Ever Written
Francis Macomber… was thirty-five years old, kept himself very fit, was good at court games, had a number of big-game fishing records, and had just shown himself, very publicly, to be a coward.
Ernest Hemingway, “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”
In retrospect, it’s tough to blame poor Francis Macomber for his cowardice on his first African safari, but you can judge for yourself. Here’s what happened.
A wounded male lion, gut-shot...