Bush-Boys Or the History and Adventures of A Cape Farmer and His Family in the Wild Karoos of Southern Africa

Name: Bush-Boys Or the History and Adventures of A Cape Farmer and His Family in the Wild Karoos of Southern Africa
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ISBN: 9780548551707

ISBN-10: 0548551707

ISBN-13: 9780548551707

Edition: N/A

Authors: Mayne Reid

List price: $48.95

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Historical fiction of South Africa in the 19th century. Mayne Reid, a pre-eminent and popular writer, was primarily a novelist (1818-1883) who wrote adventure stories from just before the Civil War until his death in 1883. Reid's career included two periods in the U. S: 1840-49 and 1867-70. He had emigrated to the United States in his early twenties, reaching New Orleans in January, 1840, where he pursued a varied career as a shopkeeper, overseer of slaves, schoolmaster, and actor, with occasional forays into hunting and Indian warfare. Reid returned to England in 1849, and embarked upon a successful career as a writer of adventure novels and books for boys. He was a close friend of Poe…

Book details

List price: $48.95
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English