I shot these off the last unicorn. He had two.
As another Lame Cherry exclusive in matter anti matter.
It was not my intention to visit upon the world of a celebrity named Peter Capstick, but the more I have read in this memoirs resale of his magazine articles, the more I find he lies, makes things up, has no idea what he is preaching about, and in this episode, he is castigated for his deceptions about being a Professional Hunter.
In one of his books, I think it was the how to plan a safari boring book, I think he mentioned about getting piles of letters from fans in begging him on how to become a PH in Africa. Capstick never did really say, just that it was impossible etc....
I will admit that before I got deluged with more of his work, I always bought his tale of being a Wall Street Broker, gave it all up to be a game cropper in Africa and then a Professional Hunter, who then somehow became the next Robert Ruark by destiny in writing books.
In Death in a Lonely Land, Capstick reprints his enhanced articles of his life which were published in Saga and Guns & Ammo.........this surprised me as he never mentioned he was employed as a writer. I do not ever recall seeing his name in the piles of old magazines my Beloved Uncle had, but that is what he was up to.
It was in one of his forays, after talking about having a wife and two kids.........never mentioned them before, only the lovely Fiona in Africa that something jumped out in his name dropping on I think it was shotgun shooting.
In this, he slips in, in his resume, "oh by the way, I was the booking agent then at Winchester Arms.".
OK as most of you have not cared a thing about the above as you have no idea what a Capstick is or care, you will not get a bit of American exceptionalism thrown in. There was a man that America owes a great deal to, the Henry Ford of firearms and ammunition. His name was John Olin.
Mr. Olin, and you called him Mr. Olin, acquired Western Ammuntion Company and Winchester Arms. After the world war, he then decided that Winchester was going to dominate the world market and destroy the English and European firearms makers............and he did just that.
Allot of what is ammo today is John Olin. 3 inch magnum shotshells were his promotion. The introduction of the 270 Winchester, probably one of the finest rounds in history was John Olin. For Africa, he knocked off the Brits and Germans with his 458 Winchester belted magnum rifle for dangerous game.
As we are talking Peter Capstick who ended up in Africa, we now come to colonial Africa, England and Europe on a leash, you got a major American manufacturer moving in to take over the entire market. You got this guy who works for Winchester who is shitting in the African bush, booking hunts for Winchester..........and he just happens to show up at your Government door and says, "I want a job".
Oh you work for Winchester America, we need American rifles and ammo............gee I don't suppose if I hire you as a whore that my colony will get all the rifles and ammo you need, that Mr. Olin will have his writers who used to employed at Winchester write lots of stories about your safaris, we will get lots of tourism, American money............sure we will hire you Peter Capstick as you don't need to be British or have any experience busting elephants and buffalo as you are the Winchester ticket.
That is what infuriates me about this Capstick fictional saga. His telling fans that they do not have much of a chance as a hunter in Africa, and leaving out, "Oh by the way, John Olin wiped my ass for me to get me a job in Africa.........and if you want to work in that field, maybe you should suck up to some major corporation that these countries need and use that as your ticket in..........never appeared in print.
For the outdoor kids, for generations they all had dreams of being mountain men, professional trappers employed by the state, going off and living in Alaska, but Jimmy Carter stole Alaska, ADC work in governments is a smarmy "who you know" job and there is no solitude in the mountains anymore with all the primates riding ATVs' around the few patches Gates and Disney do not own. So when Peter Hathaway Capstick leaves out the part that Winchester greased the skids, the doors got opened in the writing profession in magazines WHICH NEVER OPEN as those asshole Editors will not even reply unless to insult you as they are all assholes, that is as disingenuos as the lie he put into a story of loading 600 pound pig onto one horse to be hauled back to the ranch.
This person has an award given out in his name to apparent idiots who worship him yet. I have not bothered to revisit his work and actually go through it with the red flags up, looking for the mistakes the "editors" missed because they have their heads up their asses too. It is enough that I hope not to revisit this person again as I finish this book of his I am reading as when I find lies and deception, it discounts everything else this person put into print.
I had been pondering as to why Colonel Charles Askins, who Capstick name drops in guiding for him in Africa, never mentioned this guy. I suspect the above fiction is the answer as Askins probably sized this boy up for the schmoozer he was and knew if his fingers were moving he was typing out a lie, and never wanted to be associated with him.
Is like the story of Barack Hussein Obama, just standing on homo corner in Chicago and got put into the White House. Same BS as they both had the way greased by people who had connections.
What do you mean, you were mining for gold in the Red Sea, threw up the dirt and you created Africa?
Nuff Said
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