| Storm Over the Transvaal Contributor(s): Bulpin, Thomas Victor (Author) |
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ISBN: 1485304148 ISBN-13: 9781485304142 Publisher: Protea Boekhuis OUR PRICE: $18.90 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa |
| Dewey: 968.204 |
| LCCN: 2015510266 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.3" W x 8.3" (1.10 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book tells the turbulent story of the Transvaal from 1884 until 1900 - a period which covers a singularly lurid stretch of South Africa's past. In his remarkably engaging style of writing, Bulpin transports readers back to the rugged Transvaal where gold seemed to be the center of all things. It was a time of adventure in which any man could find his golden bonanza, or die alone with little else than disappointment as company. The fascinating story of the Witwatersrand provides an often hilarious background to a history of events so important that they are still of vital interest to every South African today. The intrigue, corruption and double-crossing which built up like the gathering clouds of an African thunderstorm, eventually leading to the grim climax of the Anglo-Boer War, are described with a wealth of detail and anecdote. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bulpin, Thomas Victor: - "Thomas Victor Bulpin (1918-1999) was a writer about African big game hunters, South African travel and history. He was a well-known and very prolific travel writer - he wrote 29 books and thousands of pamphlets and features on southern Africa for magazines and newspapers. An inveterate traveller, he was the author of classics such as Islands in a forgotten sea, The Ivory Trail, Natal and the Zulu Country, The Hunter is Death and the Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa." |
