Almost Forgotten, Never Told - Lawrence G. Green

1965 First edition

Esperanza, the old Portuguese explorers name for the Cape of Good Hope, forms the opening scene of this long new book dealing with the South African coast.

It is another example of Lawrence Greens masterly handling of unusual themes. Many thousands of readers who enjoyed his bestseller Eight Bells at Salamander will welcome this book, for it is written in the same fascinating vein.

Lawrence Greens true stories in this memorable volume include great South African sea mysteries which other writers have not recorded: adventures in the quicksands of the Cape coast: the red tide of death: and some hitherto unpublished evidence bearing on sea monsters in South African waters.

Here, too, is the most lively explanation of South African coastal place-names ever written: an entertaining chapter on seafaring rats; an account of the rise of the crawfish from the food of the slaves to an expensive luxury; and memories of a liner in which the passengers had to do the work after the crew had gone on strike.

These are only a few of the episodes which will make Lawrence Greens -Almost Forgotten, Never Told an immediate bestseller.

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