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Trained as a vet in Edinburgh, Hugh Cran set off to Kenya and spent the next 50 years at the sharp end, treating cattle of Maasai herdsmen, wild animals, horses and pets of ex-pats and the military, the government and everyone in-between. Travelling miles on rough roads, performing impromptu surgery by torchlight and with dirty water, Hugh fell in love with the chaotic life and the colourful people he worked for, from dawn to dusk, seven days a week. AUTHOR: Hugh Cran qualified as a veterinary surgeon in Edinburgh in the early 1960s. In search of adventure and more sunshine than Aberdeen could offer, he answered a small ad. in 1966 to work in a rural practice in Kenya. As well as working as a general vet in Nakuru, he kept diaries, and explored the wild mountains of Kenya. After a colourful and exhausting 50-year career in Africa he has just returned to the UK and now lives in Castle Carey, Somerset with his wife Berna.

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Author:   Hugh Cran
Publisher:   Merlin Unwin Books
Imprint:   Merlin Unwin Books
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781913159689

ISBN 10:   191315968
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   25 April 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. 29th October 1991 Road Rage 2. Gin and Gonads 3. Brain Drain 4. Chaos up the Colon 5. Idiocy on the Aberdares 6. A Bang on the Head 7. Trouble at Mill 8. Buffalo and Bhang 9. Madness and Malaria 10. Seeing Spots 11. Debts and Dancing 12. A Picnic with the Pokot 13. Death of Dampness 14. Dutch Courage 15. ‘While timorous knowledge stands considering, audacious ignorance hath done the deed’ 16. Northern Excursions 17. A Stroll in Samburu-land 18. Open Wide 19. A Trip to the Coast 20. La Luta Continua 21. A Slip and a Sting 22. Wedding Bells 23. Brain and Brawn 24. A Little Bit of this. A Little Bit of That 25. ‘And Nicanor Lay Dead In His Harness’ 26. Romping with the Rendille

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Hugh Cran qualified as a veterinary surgeon in Edinburgh in the early 1960s. In search of adventure and more sunshine than Aberdeen could offer, he answered a small ad. in 1966 to work in a rural practice in Kenya. As well as working as a general vet in Nakuru, he kept diaries, and explored the wild mountains of Kenya. After a colourful and exhausting 50-year career in Africa he has just returned to the UK and now lives in Castle Cary, Somerset with his wife Berna.

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