Gamemasters of the World: A Chronicle of Sport Hunting and Conservation

Those who enjoyed historical encounters into the unknown by outdoorsmen like Frederick Selous, Stanley and Livingstone, Robert Ruark, and Teddy Roosevelt will be fascinated by Gamemasters of the World. In this thrilling autobiography, a young man, born during the Great Depression on the Mexican border of Arizona, devotes his life to the outdoors and almost single-handedly pioneers the Asian wildlife programs that exist today.

Author Chris Klineburger tells how he and his brothers, Bert and Gene, started their careers as taxidermists in Seattle, expanded their business to Alaska and Africa, and helped bring together the post-World War II hunting fraternity when sport hunting was in its infancy. In exploring and opening Asia, local laws and customs had to be respected; residents had to be taught how to deal with tourist hunters; accommodations and transport had to be arranged; and infrastructures had to be establisheduall before one hunter could be brought into an area.

Equally important, this extraordinary book tells of the Klineburgers' efforts to affect the environment as well as international understanding and peace. The brothers encouraged hunters to band together to conserve wildlife a renewable resource often overlookeduand also teamed up with President Eisenhower's People-To-People Sports Mission to bring people 0f the world together through international sporting events. Their remarkable efforts brought them to the attention of royalty, diplomats, astronauts, American leaders, and movie stars.

Here you will join the Klineburgers' journey living with Eskimos and trekking across parts of Afghanistan, Mongolia, Nepal, Siberia, China, and the Soviet Union; read excerpts from Chris's journals; and discover how three brothers heralded in the golden age of world hunting that followed World War II.

Chris R. Klineburger is now or has been a memberuand in many cases a founding memberuof most national and international hunting organizations. Inducted into the Safari Club International Hunting Hall of Fame in 1993, Chris was further recognized for his hunting achievements, receiving a Weatherby Award for outstanding achievements in hunting preservation and wildlife conservation and a Mountain Hunter Hall of Fame Award given by the Wild Sheep Foundation in 2000.