Librario's latest book "An Impossible Dream" receives extensive critical acclaim.

Librario Publishing's recent release "An Impossible Dream" by Ian Parker and Stan Bleazard has received extensive critical acclaim from various sources including the BBC Wildlife Magazine. A documented account of the game parks of Kenya, it is an absorbing read.

An Impossible Dream

Edited by Ian Parker and Stan Bleazard
350 pages 100b/w photographs
ISNB No 1-904440-20-7   

(PRWEB) September 16, 2003---Some of Kenyas last colonial wardens recall the Game Department in the closing years of the British Empire

Ian Parker and Stan Bleazard have achieved the nearly impossible feat of persuading seventeen old and retired game wardens from the Kenya National Game Reserves to recall their experiences in the 1950s and 60s. The sun was going down on Britains involvement in colonial Africa and independence was greatly altering the traditional view of wildlife conservation.

Under staffed, under funded and largely untrained, the wardens and their assistants fought against bureaucracy as much as poachers to establish a safe haven where animals might continue to live as they have for thousands of years. An impossible dream perhaps, but one which will never go away -- demonstrated by the recent formation of a major new game park in South Africa.

Their individual accounts tell it how it was" and give an insight into life at that time. Largely untrained, they set out with an enthusiasm, which carried them through to a higher plain of expertise learned on the job. Tragedy, farce and hardship are mixed in equal measure with a real concern for the animals as well as helping the indigenous population to co-exist with Africas greatest asset. There are fascinating accounts of early experiments in darting and relocating animals, animal husbandry on a large scale, dramatic confrontations with ivory poachers and even the removal of an errant lion from downtown Nairobi! The eccentric behaviour of The Great White Hunters" who came to bag trophies is faithfully recorded.

Parker and Bleazard have cleverly edited the seventeen individual contributions to make a smooth and easy narrative packed with much information and humour. They have succeeded in their task of showing what it was like to be a game warden during this time of change and have recorded a piece of history which hitherto has lain largely undisturbed. They have also included a large selection of photographs, many of which have not been published before.

Librario Publishing is one of Scotlands newest publishers having been established in Elgin in 2002. The company specialises in Print on Demand in Europe, Africa, Australia and the United States, which opens the door to many small runs of books and books on esoteric subjects. Titles are never out of print and are available in good retail outlets, on the Internet and by direct mail.

For further information on An Impossible Dream" and to arrange interviews with Ian Parker or Stan Bleazard and some of the Game Wardens call Mark Lawson of Librario Publishing +44 1343 550245
Issued by Allane Hay, Consultant
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