novelnovelHunter Quatermain's StoryHunter Quatermain's Storyhttps://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/haggard/editions/images/000/000/85/original/inAGoodCauseCover.jpeg?1381431692In the Allan Quatermain adventure "Hunter Quatermain's Story," Haggard's famous big game hunter entertains a group of English dinner party attendees by recounting a dangerous and ultimately tragic expedition in Gatgar...In the Allan Quatermain adventure "Hunter Quatermain's Story," Haggard's famous big game hunter entertains a group of English dinner party attendees by recounting a dangerous and ultimately tragic expedition in Gatgarra, South Africa. Although Allan manages to escape a rampaging bull buffalo, the animal mortally injures his companion, the Zulu warrior Mashune. A version of "HQS" illustrated by <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/illustrators/31">S. Carter</a> was published in 1885 for the charitable anthology <span style="font-style:italic;">In a Good Cause</span>. It was later published in <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/editions/29"><span style="font-style:italic;">Allan's Wife & Other Tales</span></a> beside <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/novels/28"><span style="font-style:italic;">Allan's Wife</span></a>, "<a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/novels/59">A Tale of Three Lions</a>," and "Long Odds." In the <span style="font-style:italic;">AW&OT</span> edition, <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/illustrators/3">Charles Kerr</a> and <a href="http://www.visualhaggard.org/illustrators/4">Maurice Greiffenhagen</a> illustrated "HQS." <h4>Further Reading</h4> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Haggard, H. Rider. “Hunter Quatermain’s Story.” In a Good Cause. Ed. Margaret S. Tyssen Amhearst. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, & Co., 1885. 211-237.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Pocock, Tom. <span style="font-style:italic;">Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire</span>. London: Weidenfeld and Nicoloson, 1993. 76.</p> <p style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in">Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F11, 19-21.</p>
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Hunter Quatermain's Story
In the Allan Quatermain adventure "Hunter Quatermain's Story," Haggard's famous big game hunter entertains a group of English dinner party attendees by recounting a dangerous and ultimately tragic expedition in Gatgarra, South Africa. Although Allan manages to escape a rampaging bull buffalo, the animal mortally injures his companion, the Zulu warrior Mashune.
A version of "HQS" illustrated by S. Carter was published in 1885 for the charitable anthology In a Good Cause. It was later published in Allan's Wife & Other Tales beside Allan's Wife, "A Tale of Three Lions," and "Long Odds." In the AW&OT edition, Charles Kerr and Maurice Greiffenhagen illustrated "HQS."
Further Reading
Haggard, H. Rider. “Hunter Quatermain’s Story.” In a Good Cause. Ed. Margaret S. Tyssen Amhearst. London: Wells, Gardner, Darton, & Co., 1885. 211-237.
Pocock, Tom. Rider Haggard and the Lost Empire. London: Weidenfeld and Nicoloson, 1993. 76.
Whatmore, D.E.. H Rider Haggard: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing Co., 1987. F11, 19-21.
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"Hunter Quatermain's Story" from In a Good Cause
London: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., 1885.
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"Hunter Quatermain's Story" from Allan's Wife And Other Tales
London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden, and Welsh, 1889.
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"Hunter Quatermain's Story" from Allan's Wife And Other Tales
London: Spencer Blackett, 1889.
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