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Christiaan Bakkes
South African writer
Christiaan Mathys Bakkes (born 3 August 1965, in Vredenburg, South Africa) is a South African writer. He is the son of Cas and Margaret Bakkes and the brother of Marius, Matilde and Casparus. He is married to Marcia Ann Fargnoli, an environmental lawyer.
He received a National Diploma in Nature Conservation and led an anti-poaching unit as part of his military service. For a time, he worked as a game ranger in the Kruger National Park, where during the early 1990s he was required to be involved in elephant culling,[1] a practice to which he developed ethical objections. In 1994 he suffered serious injury inside the park in a crocodile attack. Hereafter he commenced a new career in the Damaraland desert, where he acted as guide and conservation official for Wilderness Safaris.[1][2][3]
Titles of published works
[edit]- 1998- Die Lang Pad van Stoffel Mathysen. -Novel. Selected as setworks for A
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In Bushveld and Desert, A Game Ranger's Life - Christiaan Bakkes
Title: In Bushveld and Desert
Sub Title: A Game Ranger's Life
Author: Christiaan Bakkes
Publisher: Human & Rousseau
Year: 2010
Number of pages: 295
ISBN: 9780798149280
Synopsis: In February 1994 it made headline news: a young game ranger from the Kruger National Park was attacked by two crocodiles and lost his left arm. For Christiaan Bakkes, recklessness and an insatiable lust for adventure led to tragedy. Writing about his experiences a unique writer s voice was born a South African Hemingway. He published three collections of wilderness stories, of which a choice selection is offered here, as well as two novels. At 42, Chris Bakkes has led the kind of life that most people can only dream of. After he recovered in 1995 he travelled through Africa for five months, worked for the WWF in the Kaokoveld in Namibia for three years and then joined a safari company conducting ecotours,
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In Bushveld and Desert: A Game Ranger's Life bygd Christiaan Bakkes
ISBN: 9780798149280 / 0798149280 - In Bushveld and Desert: A Game Ranger's Life by Christiaan Bakkes. Published by Human & Rousseau 2008. Softcover. Used, Good condition. 295 pp.
In February 1994 it made headline news: a young game ranger from the Kruger National Park was attacked by two crocodiles and lost his left arm.
For Christiaan Bakkes, recklessness and an insatiable lust for adventure led to tragedy. Writing about his experiences a unique writer s röst was born a South African Hemingway. He published three collections of wilderness stories, of which a choice urval is offered here, as well as two novels. At 42, Chris Bakkes has led the kind of life that most people can only dream of. After he recovered in 1995 he traveled through Africa for fem months, worked for the WWF in the Kaokoveld in Namibia for three years, and then joined a safari company conducting eco-tours, first at the Skeleton Coast