Despite the crocodile’s berserk thrashing, the leopard dragged it away from the water, and they began tumbling and twisting around in the dirt... STORY NO. 29: LEOPARD VERSUS CROCODILE BY HAL BRINDLEY
The hippo swam quietly up behind the impala and began gently nudging it along through the water, lifting it from below whenever the impala floundered or began to sink... STORY NO. 6: THE HIPPO, THE IMPALA AND THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS BY SYLVESTER MOTALN
With a high-pitched squeal, The calf dug its heels into the mud and flapped its ears in panic while the croc tugged and tugged on its trunk... STORY NO. 14: HOW THE ELEPHANT GOTS ITS TRUNK BY JOHAN OPPERMAN
But what now? We had thought it would be funny to drive to the nearest petrol station and tell the attendant: 'Yes, please check the oil and water...' STORY NO. 80: YES, ALL CARS HAVE COILS BY WINSTON FLOQUET
He spread his suitcase out on the roof of the car, calmly unzipped it and began gingerly rifling through it as though he was in a hotel room looking for his glasses... STORY NO. 47: AN UNUSUAL SIGHTING DOWNSTREAM BY ARSHAD BHAMJEE
The domestic dog came bursting out of the grass on the right with such ferocity it took the wild dogs by surprise... STORY NO. 27: DOG DAY MORNING BY ANDRE LIENARD

References

REFERENCES FOR THE FIRST EDITION OF 101 KRUGER TALES

CILLIÉ, Burger. The Mammal Guides of Southern Africa. 2nd ed 2nd imp. Pretoria: Briza Publications, 2007

EWART-SMITH, Cameron. The Getaway Guide to the Kruger National Park: Including the Private Lodges. 1st ed. Cape Town: Sunbird Publishers, 2005

NIESLER, Thomas; LOUW, Philippa; ROUX, Justus. (2005). Phonetic analysis of Afrikaans, English, Xhosa and Zulu using South African speech databases. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies. 23 (4), 459–474.

PAYNTER, David and NUSSEY, Wilf. Kruger Portrait of a National Park. 1st ed. Johannesburg: Southern Book Publishers, 1987.

South African National Parks: Kruger National Park. SANParks, 2004-2014 [viewed 6 October 2013]. Available from: http://www.sanparks.org/parks/kruger

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VAN DER MERWE, Peet and SAAYMAN, Melville. Travel motivations of tourists visiting Kruger National Park. Koedoe [online]. 2008, vol.50, n.1 [cited 2014-01-14], pp. 154-159 . Available from: http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0075-64582008000100017&lng=en&nrm=iso. ISSN 0075-6458.

Wild Card blog. TIP Publishing, [n.d.]. Available from: http://www.wildcard.co.za/blog.htm?action=view-post&id=3406

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If you only read one book about Kruger - this is it. Beware however, the stories are infectious and you'll be planning your own trip before the first chapter is done. I simply couldn't put it down! - Cameron Ewart-Smith, author of the Getaway Guide to Kruger National Park and former editor of Getaway Magazine
An absolutely fantastic read ... I can't think of a better way to experience the Kruger than through these fireside stories - Andrea Weiss, founding editor of go! Magazine
101 stories ... brilliantly told ... Some dramatic and some light-hearted, but all of them colourful and awash with the smell and sounds of the bush! - Gray King, Amazon.com
Best book ever written about Kruger National Park... - Dana Atkinson, author of Traveling Africa: A Woman's Guide
Outstanding ... Couldn't put it down - read it in two days! Didn't want it to finish. - Marinda Drake, White River
Stunning book ... Nearly impossible to put down. An exciting tribute to one of South Africa's best loved parks. - Wild Magazine
I just want to climb inside the book ... it is absolutely wonderful. - Louise Roth Fisher, Melbourne, Australia
Inpsiring ... scary ... awesome ... or all of those things and more. Beautifully written, easy to read; a must for anyone who has been or is thinking about going on safari in Kruger. - Monica Guy, CT, USA


101 Kruger Tales (ISBN 978-0620611329) is published by Leadwood Publishing and distributed by Struik Nature (an imprint of Penguin Random House South Africa (Pty) Ltd) - www.randomstruik.co.za.
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