Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia: Being a Narrative of Events in Matabeleland Both Before and During the Recent Native Insurrection Up to the Date of the Disbandment of the Bulawayo Field Force - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1175690988 ISBN 13 : 9781175690982

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

In March of 1896, the Ndebele people revolted against the authority of the British South Africa Company to initiate what is known as the Second Matabele War, or First Chimurenga, one of many conflicts in the long embattled history of what is now Zimbabwe. Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia is a riveting and thoughtfully written account of this war by a man who experienced it firsthand - Frederick Courteney Selous. In this book, Selous discusses the factors that led to the war, what life was like in the colony in the 1890's, race relations between the indigenous African population and the predominantly white European settlers, and the dangers and adventures he and other legendary military leaders such as Frederick Russell Burnham, Robert Baden-Powell, and George Grey faced as they led patrols to protect the settlers in the region, rescue the injured, and locate those who had been killed. Included are 17 illustrations, a map, a comprehensive index, lists of the names of those settlers and military personnel murdered, missing, or wounded in the rebellion, and a quantitative list of the homesteads, crops, and animals that were either stolen or destroyed. This Juniper Grove printing is an unabridged photo-reproduction of the original 1896 edition.

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

À propos de cette édition

• ISBN 10: 1175690988
• ISBN 13: 9781175690982
• Reliure: Broché