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The great escape of the Boer Pimpernel : Christiaan De Wet, the making of a legend / Fransjohan Pretorius ; translated and adapted by Stephan Hofstätter ; assisted by Wilhelm Snyman.
LIBRA DT1896 .P7313 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pretorius, F. (Fransjohan)
- Language:
- Afrikaans
- English
- Subjects (All):
- De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf, 1854-1922.
- De Wet, Christiaan Rudolf.
- South African War, 1899-1902.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Christiaan De Wet
- Place of Publication:
- Pietermaritzburg : University of Natal Press, 2001.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Afrikaans.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The making of a legend 1
- Chapter 1 Three cheers for Oom Christiaan 7
- Chapter 2 Cornering the fox 17
- Chapter 3 Under their noses 23
- Chapter 4 The fugitive attacks 43
- Chapter 5 Crossing the line 63
- Chapter 6 Give us this day our daily bread 75
- Chapter 7 Pinned against the Vaal 83
- Chapter 8 'Boer brigands of the veld' 93
- Chapter 9 'A just and sacred cause' 101
- Chapter 10 Wide open 111
- Chapter 11 Across the Vaal 121
- Chapter 12 Surprised! 133
- Chapter 13 No sign of the Boers 143
- Chapter 14 Scorched earth 161
- Chapter 15 Over the neck 173
- Chapter 16 Wandering about the bush 191
- Epilogue: The most spectacular guerrilla warfare modern times have seen 197.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-224) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0869809946
- OCLC:
- 47896459
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