Reminiscences of the Last Kafir War. Illustrated with Numerous Anecdotes
by McKay, James
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: Struik, 1970). Volume 36 in the Africana Collectanea series. Number 618 of an edition limited to 1000 copies. 8vo; original red rexine, lettered in gilt on spine and with publisher's device in gilt to upper cover; pictorial dustwrapper; pp. (xii) + 318, incl. index; plates. Dustwrapper ever so slightly rubbed, with lightly sunned spine panel; some foxing to edges and endpapers. Very good condition. Concerns the Eighth Frontier War. "This sergeant's-eye-view of a campaign in 1851 is a welcome contrast to the memoirs of General This or Field-Marshall That. His superior officers and the privates alike are keenly observed. ... The battles are vividly described - marching, positioning, skirmishing, hand to hand fighting with assegai-armed enemy, cavalry charges, etc. There were usually two six-pound field guns for support, but these had to be taken apart and manhandled up mountains before being reassembled for use. The impressions made by the types of people encountered in this strange land - colonists, officials, Fingo, Basuto, ..., etc., are all recorded. There are also suggestions for the economic advancement of the colony." .
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- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12541
- Title
- Reminiscences of the Last Kafir War. Illustrated with Numerous Anecdotes
- Author
- McKay, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: Struik, 1970)
- Keywords
- Eastern Cape. Frontier Wars. Xhosa Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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