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...Klein sharpened his marksmanship on grouse and rabbits near his home in New York's Rockland County. He quit interior decorating when he reached his majority and went to work for Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History. There he devised the technique of mounting animals in lifelike poses, with wire and plastic molds, which became the standard for modern museums...
...Vocation. In 1909 Klein, hearing the adventures of a museum associate, could no longer resist Africa. He returned only twice, most recently in 1927 to marry his childhood sweetheart and take her back to the jungle...
With a 14-lb., double-barreled elephant rifle, Klein made hunting history. Together with another white hunter named Leslie Simpson, he led a safari of man-drawn oxcarts into virgin territory in Tanganyika, discovering what later became known as the "Lion Pasture," the best lion country in the world...
...Klein hated fanfare. After guiding Hollywood's Trader Horn expedition, he swore he would never again take another job like it. He never wrote a book or magazine article. His phenomenal lore leaked out in dribbles around the firesides of jungle camps...
Hunting de Luxe. Rich sportsmen, who paid $2,000 a month for Klein's services, remember him best for streamlining the safari. He blazed motor paths to first-class hunting grounds, organized the East African Guides Association to staff his fleets of cars and trucks. Barring the chase itself, his expeditions became as comfortable as weekend fishing trips...