Frontier Post.The Story of Grahamstown

Grahamstown with its many churches and quiet scholastic atmosphere today belies its stirring past.For nearly half a century it was the frontier post of South Africa and the scene of some of the most dramatic conflicts in the country's history.

This long conflict between Bantu and European has a special interest in relation to preent-day developments and change. The drama is highlighted by examples of that ability to find humour in adversity which, with their indomitable endurance, the 1820 settlers brought with them...Hardcover with dustcover. 64 pages text with line drawings by the author. Lightly worn dustcover. Slight offset to endpapers. Very clean copy.