Should We Forget?
by Neethling, E
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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About This Item
(Cape Town: H.A.U.M., [1903?]). Crown 8vo; original green cloth, lettered in white on spine and upper cover; pp. (x) + 128; frontis. photograph of "Our home as we left it" and a later plate of "Our home as we found it". Boards a little rubbed; hinges slightly tender; earlier owner's hand-stamp to front endpaper and prelims. Very clean. Good to very good condition. (SABIB 3, p. 522; Hosken, p. 148; Hackett, p. 173) "Experiences of Boer women and children in the concentration camps during the war." - Hackett: South African War Books. The title page carries the message: "These sketches were not written for circulation in South Africa." The author was widow of the Dutch Reformed Church Moderator of the Transvaal synod. In April 1901, following the British occupation of Utrecht, she was sent with her two daughters to the Maritzburg camp. Later, she was also able to visit the camps at Volksrust, Howick, Pinetown, Merebank, Jacobs and Wentworth. The book details her experiences, and celebrates the religious spirit of the Boer women who endured so much. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12946
- Title
- Should We Forget?
- Author
- Neethling, E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- (Cape Town: H.A.U.M., [1903?])
- Keywords
- Scorched Earth Policy. Concentration Camps. Civilians in war. Boer women and children Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History;
Terms of Sale
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
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About the Seller
Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Biblio member since 2018
Port Elizabeth
About Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA
Christison Rare Books operates as a mail order business, based in Port Elizabeth. We are members of IOBA and SABDA. Whereas we stock thousands of books on a wide variety of subjects, our focus has always been on SE Africa - its peoples, wildlife and history. The store is managed by Lindsay Christison. Although we do not run an open book shop, prospective customers who would like to examine items described in our on-line list of stock are welcome to make an appointment.
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