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Storm over the Transvaal / by T.V. Bulpin ; illustrations by C.T. Astley Maberly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bulpin, T. V. (Thomas Victor), 1918-1999, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transvaal (South Africa)--History--1880-1910.
- Transvaal (South Africa).
- Transvaal (South Africa)--Description and travel.
- Physical Description:
- 416 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Pretoria : Protea Book House, 2015.
- Summary:
- Wherever a man looked in the Transvaal there seemed to be the makings of either a fortune or an argument. This book tells the turbulent story of the Transvaal from 1884 until 1900 - a period which covers a singularly lurid stretch of South Africa's past. In his remarkably engaging style of writing, Bulpin transports readers back to the rugged Transvaal where gold seemed to be the centre of all things. It was a time of adventure in which any man could find his golden bonanza, or die alone with little else than disappointment as company. The fascinating story of the Witwatersrand provides an often hilarious background to a history of events so important that they are still of vital interest to every South African today. The intrigue, corruption and double-crossing which built up like the gathering clouds of an African thunderstorm, eventually leading to the grim climax of the Anglo-Boer War, are described with a wealth of detail and anecdote. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The road to fortune 9
- 2 Changing years 33
- 3 The Eastern Line 47
- 4 The ridge of white waters 71
- 5 Johannesburg 84
- 6 Ghost towns 101
- 7 The fortune-hunters 122
- 8 The old Volksraad 136
- 9 Swaziland 152
- 10 The concessionaires 167
- 11 Mbandeni 181
- 12 Approaching storms 196
- 13 The Rhodesian trail 216
- 14 Worries and troubles 229
- 15 War with the tribes 248
- 16 The restless years 267
- 17 The Jameson Raid 286
- 18 Aftermath 311
- 19 Gathering clouds 329
- 20 Rumblings of the storm 349
- 21 Distractions 369
- 22 Ultimatum 386.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781485304142
- 1485304148
- OCLC:
- 923795027
- Publisher Number:
- 99969088376
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