| 词条 | Peter Hathaway Capstick |
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| name = Peter Hathaway Capstick | image = | image_size= | caption= | birth_name = Peter Hathaway Capstick | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1940|01|11}}[1] | birth_place = New Jersey, United States | death_date ={{death date and age|mf=yes|1996|03|13|1940|01|11}} | death_place = Pretoria, South Africa | occupation = Professional hunter, writer | spouse = Fiona Claire Capstick | religion = | partner = | children = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}Peter Hathaway Capstick (1940–1996) was an American hunter and author. He was born in New Jersey and educated at the University of Virginia although he was not a graduate. Capstick walked away from a successful Wall Street career shortly before his thirtieth birthday to become a professional hunter. His hunting career began in Central and South America and culminated with hunts in Africa for which he is best known. Capstick spent much of his life in Africa, a land he called his "source of inspiration".[2] A chain smoker and heavy drinker, he died at age 56 from complications following heart surgery.[1] BiographyAfter a short career as a Wall Street stockbroker, Capstick headed to Latin America, where he traveled widely while hunting, fishing, and mastering the Spanish language. A few years later he returned to New York, where he founded a business arranging professionally-guided hunting trips. Shortly thereafter, he took a position as Hunting and Fishing Director at Winchester Adventures of New York, a subsidiary of the famous gun manufacturer. In that capacity, he made his first trip to Africa in 1968.[2] Subsequently, he worked as a professional hunter and game ranger in Zambia, Botswana, and Rhodesia. Capstick started writing about his adventures in the late 1960s and published numerous articles in various sporting magazines. In 1977, he published his first book, Death in the Long Grass,[2] which became a commercial success and established his reputation as an author of true adventure stories. Capstick is frequently compared to Ernest Hemingway and Robert Ruark in discussions of influential African hunting authors.[3] DeathIn early 1996, Capstick was a keynote speaker at the annual Safari Club International convention in Reno, Nevada, when he collapsed in his hotel room and was diagnosed with exhaustion. He was immediately flown back to his adopted country of South Africa and underwent heart bypass surgery in a Pretoria hospital. He died just before midnight on March 13 of complications from surgery.[1] After a small private ceremony, his ashes were scattered over the Chobe River in northeastern Botswana.[1] LegacyThe .470 Capstick rifle cartridge, developed by A-Square's Colonel Arthur B. Alphin in 1990, bears his name.[4] Additionally, his legacy is saluted by The Dallas Safari Club's annual Peter Hathaway Capstick Hunting Heritage Award for the promotion of responsible hunting and wildlife conservation.{{citation needed|date=August 2013}} Bibliography
FilmographyCapstick published a series of hunting videos over the years.[5]
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References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|last=Capstick|first=Fiona Claire|title=Warrior: The Legend Of Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2IjahQKXeUC|date=15 January 1998|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-4668-0400-5|page=x11|chapter=Foreword}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Capstick, Peter Hathaway}}2. ^1 2 {{Cite book|last=Capstick|first=Peter H.|title=Death in the Long Grass|year=1978|publisher=St Martins Press|isbn=978-0-312-18613-5|pages=320}} 3. ^{{cite book|last=Wechsler|first=Chuck|title=Sporting Classics' Africa: Forty-One Adventures from the Dark Continent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLrXRgAACAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-935342-11-3|page=14}} 4. ^*{{Cite book| first=Arthur B. | last=Alphin | title=Any Shot You Want: The A-Square Handloading & Rifle Manual | publisher=On-Target Press | location=Kentucky | year=1996 | isbn=0-9643683-1-5}} 5. ^{{cite book|last=Capstick|first=Peter Hathaway|title=Sands Of Silence: On Safari In Namibia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7qGaIn94mUC&pg=PR2|date=15 October 1991|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-0-312-06459-4|page=2}} 7 : 1940 births|1996 deaths|American hunters|American non-fiction outdoors writers|20th-century American non-fiction writers|20th-century American male writers|American male non-fiction writers |
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