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We offer exceptionalquality hardcover books, audio books, and dvds on biggame hunting, wingshooting, and sporting firearms. And of his experiences as a jungle fighter, a lone wolf armed with a. It explains a number of puzzling things in duguids tigerman and differs in a few details. Famed jaguar hunter sasha siemel poses here with his prewar. Duguids subsequent book, green hell, resulted in siemel. For more than three decades after, siemel s exploits appeared in books, articles, and even in the 1937 movie jungle menace with frank bring em back alive buck. He was unique not only as a hunter but also as a man. Siemel parlayed his fame into many ventures including the sasha siemel museum and store which he opened in perkiomenville, pa in 1963. Alexander sasha siemel was born in latvia in 1890 but had moved to the. John himself, is quite saddened by the news of the passing of the famous professional jaguar hunter sasha siemel in cold pennsylvania, a half world and another half century. In brazil the jaguar is called a tigre, and in the jungles of that country sasha siemel is known as tigrero the man who kills tigres with a spear. Anyway, sasha hunted jaguars with dogs and a spear or a rifle with bayonet, pretty cool as i recall. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. First published in 1953 in a hardback edition by prenticehall.

This revised, expanded edition was made possible through the generosity of the siemel children in loaning their family archive to safari press. Safari press is a publisher and seller of fine quality hunting and firearms books. Siemel edith nee bray, age 93, of marlborough township, died may 14, 2012. Sasha siemel books all the books by the famous jaguar hunter who hunted more than 300 cattlekilling jaguars with a spear. This is the ace paperback reprint, likely published in the 1960s. Here the siemels second son, carlie, was born in 1955, completing the family. When i picked which books to borrow i saw the tigrero book and as it turns out it was written by sasha siemel. He spoke seven languages and boasted of having experienced more adventure in a single year than most men had witnessed in a lifetime. Inscribed by siemel in the year of publication, on the second endpaper. Sasha siemel truly was the hardcore, extreme, badass hunter of his generation.

It was to be made into a movie by director samuel fuller. I see very few copies available in the general marketplace, so if you want one, grab it now. Siemel, latvianborn adventurer, boxer, diamond prospector, seeks out jaguar hunter joaquim guato who often killed with spear alone deep in the brazilian jungle of matto grosso and taught seimel how to kill, filled with narrow escapes, fistfights, killings etc. Here is a vivid, thrilling account of existence in primitive surroundings. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Sasha siemel project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Instead, tigrero is the subject of a 1994 documentary by mika kaurismaki. The book recounts a 1929 trip across the pantanal where the author and two fellow adventurers employ siemel as their guide. To those whose memories swing back to duguids green hell, the name of sasha siemel may ring a bell, for he was duguids wild russian engineer who served as professional guide and hunter on the trip recorded in that book. Bom retiro, as they named the farm, became siemel s permanent residence for the rest of his life. Tigrero by sasha siemel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. I found out about him because my junior high school had one of his books, as did the public library. Sasha siemel was the kind of man you no longer see today, a man of honour and integrity. Sasha and edith moved to marlborough township, pennsylvania in 1947, purchasing the bom retiro farm, from which siemel.

To read the story of siemel in his own words, safari press will rerelease. Ironically i was reading a post about an old hunting article and on one of the pages there was a sidebar showing a man with a dead jagger as francis calls them and he was holding a spear and it was sasha. The original book was short on photos that highlighted sasha siemels exciting. I havent quite finished reading it, but it is a very interesting story. He was probably the inspiration for the most interesting man in the world ads, as the old whiskey adverts in the photo section suggest. Siemel hunted jaguars with a spear there s film of him doing so how he came to define his manhood in that particular way though there were other ways, too makes for an interesting read i came away from the book with the distinct impresion that he d be a bad person to cross. Browse the worlds largest ebookstore and start reading today on the web, tablet, phone, or ereader.

Sasha was interviewed by journalist charles collingwood for the adventure series produced by the. Aleksandrs ziemelis was an americanargentinianbrasilian adventurer, hunter, guide, actor, writer, photographer, and lecturer of latvian origin. Sasha siemel hunted the mighty jaguar for nearly fifty years. In 1949, sasha and edith cowrote the book jungle wife, an account of family life in the jungle. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Dj is priceclipped, and has been reinforced inside the top edge with a piece o. Interestingly, most of the small towns of 3000 people that siemel mentions are now big cities with populations well over over 100 000. Sasha, edith and their children, sondra, dora, and sasha jr. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library. I think it must be peculiar to the books forum i tried the picture of my dog on another thread and it came up fine. The book chronicles one of this centurys greatest adventurers, sasha siemel, explorer, jungle guide, prospector, soldier of fortune, photographer, author, master.

Set to star john wayne and ava gardner, it was ultimately nixed. Alex animal apparicio arica asked assassino attack aventureira bank barge beduino big cat brazil brazilian brother camp canha cantina capao carlos cattle cerrado claws corumba coxim cuyaba dark descalvados dogs dragao edge edith ernst eyes face favelle favelles feet felt fight followed forest gaucho girl gran chaco grinned ground guato hand. He is the only known white man to have fought the fierce jungle jaguars of brazil with a spear, one of the great current, out of print or rare titles available from bunduki books. Sam siemel, 80, jungle explorer the new york times. Sasha siemel hunted jaguar in south america with longbow and spear in the early part of the 20th century. The original book was short on photos that highlighted sasha siemel s exciting jaguar adventures and his entrepreneurial activities. Sasha siemel the mineralogical record label archive. There is almost certainly no other white man alive who could have written this book, since no other white man has lived so unique a life.

This is siemel s own story of his years in the jungle empire in the heart of brazil, matto grosso. Siemel was a remarkable man, and deserves to be better known today. Sasha siemel was the first white tigero, which is a man who kills jaguars with a spear. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new. Sashino, moved to southeastern pennsylvania after purchasing a farm in 1947. Safari press has just reissued this classic with expanded material and many more photos and clippings. The price was a bit high, but i chalk that up to supply and demand. The story itself is quite interesting and provides a look into the recent past practices of an element of humankind and the good or bad interaction we have as a race of beings with the creatures that share the planet with us and how they are often exploited.