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Mossop, G.

Running The Gauntlet - Pioneer Adventures In South Africa

Published: G.C.Button, Pietermaritzburg, 1990

Edition: 2nd

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The story of an individual, but also the story of three "peoples"- the English, the Dutch, and the Black men. Trekking inland, he eventually settled for some years at Greytown, Umvoti, County Natal, where he attended the village school.

Adventurer, hunter, soldier, transport rider, farmer, Mossop started farming in Portuguese East Africa in 1914; He found adventure by joining a Boer hunting party, learnt horsemanship, how to shoot and live off the veld, at that time teeming with buck, wildebeest and quagga. He signed up with the Light Horse Infantry and rushed off to war against the Zulus. 314pp.

Condition: cream pictorial boards in excellent condition; page edges tanned and spotted, contents clean, binding excellent. Dust-jacket: laminated, very good with some fading to spine and front panel.

  • Jacket Condition: very good
  • Binding Condition: excellent
  • Overall Condition: very good
  • Size: 8vo
  • Sold By: Imagine Books
  • Contact Person: Steven Duckworth
  • Country: South Africa
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Telephone: 0833587398
  • Preferred Payment Methods: EFT only
  • Trade Associations: SABDA


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