Jock of the Bushveld - Hardcover

J. Percy FitzPatrick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0869772627 ISBN 13: 9780869772621

Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Lt, 1987

Synopsis

'Hunting stories, like traveller's tales, are proverbially dangerous to reputations, however literally true they may be ...' So wrote J Percy FitzPatrick of his perennial best-seller, never out of print in the century since its first publication. Here is the story of the 'Boy' who went to seek his fortune and of his bull-terrier, the plucky runt of the litter; of Marokela, the champion Zulu haulier; of Jantje, the Bushman with all his lore; and of pioneer types from previous goldrushes in California and Australia. A tribute to the life of the 1880s in the outposts of the agrarian Transvaal, this complete edition includes for the first time the author's "Postscript" and "The Creed of Jock".

About this title

About the Author:

James Percy Fitzpatrick was born in King William’s Town in 1862 and died on his Eastern Cape Farm, Amanzi, in 1931. He worked for the firm of H Eckstein and Co, later becoming a partner, and a director of Rand Mines Ltd. Always active in politics, he also found time to write several books besides the classic Jock of the Bushveld. His first book, Through Mashonaland with Pick and Pen, was published in 1892, followed by The Outspan: Tales of South Africa in 1897 and The Transvaal from Within in 1899.

About this edition

• Publisher: Littlehampton Book Services Lt
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0869772627
• ISBN 13: 9780869772621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Editor: Phillida Brooke Simons