Cries of the Savanna
By Eric Freehling
Eagle Community Editor
Bagging a buck is one thing, stalking a cape buffalo is something else entirely.
Former Fenelton native Sue Tidwell grew up in a hunting family, but she never expected to take part in a 24-day safari in Tanzania, let alone write a book about it.
And she never expected to be an advocate for big-game hunting.
But she did, and her book, “Cries of the Savanna,” which she calls a journey to understanding African wildlife conservation, is her record of encountering the complexities of modern day Africa.
Tidwell and her husband, Rick, live on a 1,000-acre ranch his family owns in rural Idaho.
They met when she moved to Alaska and they both worked for the same airline, she as a flight attendant and he as a pilot.
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