Trader Horn
Appearance
Alfred Aloysius "Trader" Horn (born Alfred Aloysius Smith; 1861–1931) was an ivory trader in central Africa. He wrote a book, Trader Horn, detailing his journeys into jungles teeming with buffalo, gorillas, man-eating leopards, serpents and "savages". The book also documents his efforts to free slaves, meet the founder of Rhodesia, Cecil Rhodes, and liberate a princess from captivity.
A silent film exists of Horn,[1] as do recent writings about him online [2] and a biography by Tim Couzens.[3]
Film adaptations
- Trader Horn (1931)
- Trader Horn (1973)
Complete title
- Horn, Alfred Aloysius. Trader Horn; Being the Life and Works of Aloysius Horn, an "Old Visiter" ... the works written by himself at the age of seventy-three and the life, with such of his philosophy as is the gift of age and experience, taken down and here edited by Ethelreda Lewis; With a foreword by John Galsworthy. New York: Garden City Publishing, 1927, 302pp.[4]
Later editions
- Horn, Alfred Aloysius; Lewis, Ethelreda (1938), Trader Horn : The Ivory Coast in the earlies : written at the age of seventy-three with such of the author's philosophy as is the gift of age and experience taken down and here, Penguin, retrieved 30 March 2015
- Horn, Alfred Aloysius; Lewis, Ethelreda, (ed.) (1969), Trader horn : the Ivory Coast in the earlies, written at the age of seventy-three with such of the author's philosophy as is the gift of age and experience taken down and here, Howard Baker, ISBN 978-0-09-307940-4
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Horn, Alfred Aloysius; Lewis, Ethelreda (1994), Trader Horn the Ivory Coast in the earlies, Association for the Blind of W.A, retrieved 30 March 2015
- Horn, Alfred Aloysius; Lewis, Ethelreda (2002), Trader Horn : a young man's astounding adventures in 19th century equatorial Africa, Travelers' Tales ; Berkeley : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ISBN 978-1-885211-81-1
Other works
Notes
- ^ http://www.britishpathe.com/video/camera-interviews-aloysius-horn
- ^ Cutler, Ian (30 November 2013). "A Philosophy of Tramping — Trader Horn, Part 1". Cynical Reflections.
- ^ Couzens, Tim (1992). Tramp Royal: The True Story of Trader Horn. Wits University Press. ISBN 978-0869754160.
- ^ Horn, Alfred Aloysius (1927). Lewis, Ethelreda (ed.). Trader Horn. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster. pp. 257-258 – via Internet Archive.
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