This is the life-story of a young girl who left her home in London and travelled to South Africa in the year 1876, when girls were supposed to be helpless and tenderly nurtured.
We meet many well-known names in this story.Edith marries at the age of twenty-one a man who was born with the wanderlust in him. A man who was to leave her to stand alone through many adventures. They trek from Natal to the Transvaal, where Fred Kelly was to refuse the chance of buying the farm on which Johannesburg now stands, simply because it had no water on it! We have comedy and pathos in this life-story. We have tragic incidents and romantic situations. It is the true story of a woman's sixty years of South African life...
Hardcover with unclipped dustcover.Dustcover has some chips and a protective mylar cover.Frontispiece of Edith Kelly 1876-267 pages text with illustrations.. Some light spotting. Good reading copy.
- Jacket Condition: Fair-Good
- Binding Condition: Good
- Overall Condition: Good
- Size: 15 X 23cm
- Sold By: Quathlamba Winds Books
- Contact Person: Ian & Yvonne Halford
- Country: United Kingdom
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 01743 361772
- Preferred Payment Methods: Paypal-Cheques-Direct Transfer to UK Bank.
- Trade Associations: SABDA
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