When the poacher becomes warden: Cottar’s legacy in Kenya’s rich wild

Game hunters pose for a photo after capturing a gazelle in Kenya, in October 1964. [File, Standard]

The inanimate black characters on white paper come alive, promising adventure and danger.

Here exotic beasts and monsters leapt off the pages, snarling and sent chills down the spines of the faint-hearted. But to the initiated ardent hunters, this unleashed a rush of adrenaline and acted as a calling card.