BENNETT, Jack - Jamie - (Excellent Hardcover in Wrapper)

Book and wrapper in great condition.  >>>   This 1963 novel by author Jack Bennett is a stirring read about a young farm boy in his early teens who has to figure out a way to stand on his own two feet after disaster strikes, bringing bewildering changes to what had been a careless existence in idyllic circumstances on the family farm in South Africa's Eastern Cape, circa 1950. In vivid scenes that smack of authenticity, defining moments in Jamie Carson's life is highlighted -- experiencing the responsibility of being entrusted with his first proper farming job; the joy of being allowed the use of his first firearm (the BSA air rifle that was initially earmarked to become the property of Jamie's long dead older brother who did not survive the influenza epidemic of 1918); the exhilaration of bagging his first game kill; the confusing and conflicting emotions of a first love; and the heart breaking loss of a beloved dog through an unfortunate error of judgement.