The Stories Book

The chapters consist of compiled text passages in chronological order and are illustrated with black and white photos. The book is about 250 pages long and has a foldable map in the back – a historical Tsavo map with all the places mentioned in the stories.

The Stories Book is a compilation of chronological events and history around the Tsavo West area:

  • The People of Tsavo – the different tribes around the park boundary
  • Early Visitors – the first missionaries and explorers passing through the Tsavo West area and their individual accounts of their impressions
  • Building of the Uganda Railway and the man eating lions of Tsavo
  • The East African Campaign – war in East Africa during the Second World War
  • Hunters – White Hunters operating out of the Tsavo area
  • Beryl Markham – the first lady pilot to cross the Atlantic and who knew Tsavo well
  • Colonel Grogan – the mystery man of untiring energy and vision
  • The establishment of the National Parks in Kenya and Tsavo in particular
  • Bill Woodley – served the National Parks with dedication for 44 years
  • Poaching days – the anti-poaching campaign in Tsavo West
  • Elui  Nthengi – a poacher turned informer
  • Mzima Springs - the jewel of Tsavo under threat
  • 93 years of Woodleys in Tsavo
  • Kitani - a dream comes true

Col Meinertzhagen, 1915
Col Meinertzhagen, 1915