Joseph Baynes - Pioneer

Joseph Baynes - Pioneer, is perhaps, one of the most neglected figures in South African history. This book tells the fascinating story of a most remarkable man of Scottish ancestry, scion of a noble family and descended from King Donald Bane of Scotland: of how, as a Bryne settler, a yung lad of eight, he came out to this country in 1850; of how he founded and built up a magnificent estate of close on 10,000 hectares, which on his death he left as a gift to the people of South Africa: of his long fight to convince the authorities that dipping was the answer to East Coast Fever, therby saving South Africa from disaster: of his sensational Dairy enterprise. spanning the length and breadth of the country, and of his work as a Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister and orginator of the Congella harbour.

Hardback with dustcover over de luxe black boards with gilt blocking, to front cover and spine. Maps to endpapers. Frontispiece & Foreward  xiii plus 331 pages text with photographs, data and information, First Edition No 100 - Signed R.O. Pearse. Fine. Boxed.