Jock of the Bushveld / [by] Sir Percy FitzPatrick ; illustrations by E. Caldwell

FitzPatrick, James Percy, Sir

ISBN 10: 0140308962 / ISBN 13: 9780140308969

Edité par Harmondsworth : Puffin Books, 1984

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Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Some foxing throughout. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Annotated within. Physical description; 320 pages ; 18 cm. Subjects; English fiction; history. English fiction 20th century. Drama. English literature. English literature; 20th century. 1 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Jock of the Bushveld / [by] Sir Percy FitzPatrick ; illustrations by E. Caldwell
• Éditeur: Harmondsworth : Puffin Books
• Date de parution: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0140308962
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780140308969
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Reprint.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme

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Biographie de l'auteur

Sir James Percy FitzPatrick, KCMG (24 July 1862 - 24 January 1931), or simply Percy FitzPatrick, authored the classic children's book, Jock of the Bushveld in 1907. After his father died FitzPatrick left school to support his family. He arrived in South Africa's Eastern Transvaal goldfields in 1884, where he worked as an ox-wagon transport-rider from Lourenço Marques (Maputo) to Lydenburg and Barberton. Fitzpatrick turned his adventures into bedtime stories for his children. Rudyard Kipling, a good friend of Fitzpatrick, who also took part in these story-telling evenings persuaded him to publish them. The result was Jock of the Bushveld which was first published in 1907 and has since achieved the status of a South African classic. FitzPatrtick gave his collection of wild animal gathered during hunting trips to form the first stock of the Johannesburg Zoo.