The Game Ranger, the Knife, the Lion and the Sheep
20 Tales about Curious Characters from Southern Africa
Nonfiction, History, Africa, South Africa
| Author: | David Bristow | ISBN: | 9781431427901 |
| Publisher: | Jacana Media | Publication: | December 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Jacana Media | Language: | English |
| Author: | David Bristow |
| ISBN: | 9781431427901 |
| Publisher: | Jacana Media |
| Publication: | December 11, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Jacana Media |
| Language: | English |
The Game Ranger, the Knife, the Lion and the Sheep offersspellbinding stories of some amazing, little-known characters fromSouth Africa, past and very past. Let us introduce you to some ofthe characters you'll meet inside.Starting with Krotoa, the Khoi maiden who is found working in theVan Riebeeck household as both servant and interpreter. In time shebecomes the concubine of Danish surgeon Pieter Van Meerhoff andlater his wife.Then there is Mevrou Maria Mouton who preferred to socialise withthe slaves than her husband on their farm in the Swartland. It waswith these slaves that she conspired to murder him. What becameof them is ... best those gory details are glossed over for now. Andthe giant Trekboer Coenraad de Buys – rebel, renegade, a manwith a price on his head who married many women (none of themwhite) and fathered a small nation. The explorer Lichtenstein calledhim a modern-day Hercules.Then there are the men of learning and insight, such as RaymondDart and Adrian Boshier, who opened up the world of myth andancient artefacts so we now better understand the ancients and theworld they created for us to inherit. Or James Kitching who brokeopen rocks in the Karoo to reveal creatures that inhabited thisregion long before even Africa was born.
The Game Ranger, the Knife, the Lion and the Sheep offersspellbinding stories of some amazing, little-known characters fromSouth Africa, past and very past. Let us introduce you to some ofthe characters you'll meet inside.Starting with Krotoa, the Khoi maiden who is found working in theVan Riebeeck household as both servant and interpreter. In time shebecomes the concubine of Danish surgeon Pieter Van Meerhoff andlater his wife.Then there is Mevrou Maria Mouton who preferred to socialise withthe slaves than her husband on their farm in the Swartland. It waswith these slaves that she conspired to murder him. What becameof them is ... best those gory details are glossed over for now. Andthe giant Trekboer Coenraad de Buys – rebel, renegade, a manwith a price on his head who married many women (none of themwhite) and fathered a small nation. The explorer Lichtenstein calledhim a modern-day Hercules.Then there are the men of learning and insight, such as RaymondDart and Adrian Boshier, who opened up the world of myth andancient artefacts so we now better understand the ancients and theworld they created for us to inherit. Or James Kitching who brokeopen rocks in the Karoo to reveal creatures that inhabited thisregion long before even Africa was born.
