HYLDA M RICHARDS - NEXT YEAR WILL BE BETTER -insight into the pioneer families of Rhodesia 1920-1952

Old Photos: huts, first washing machine 1929 living in huts, Bryan 1929, Children washing, Pooka, road to farm, author and her husband 1943, Bryan obtains wings 1943, The author, their home.

This is a book full of the practical side of life in Africa, especially in a farming community, which was what most of the then Rhodesia consisted. Written from a woman's point of view, it is a refreshing read, especially for one Rhodesian born & gives an insight on what people of that time did in their day to day lives.Country women of Rhodesia with photos. 

Contents: The hard years, The better years, The War years etc. Fascination insight into the pioneer families of Rhodesia -1920-1952, by Hylda Richards.Very readable,covering an intersting period in the development of their country.

Publisher Howard Timmins Publisher Place: Cape Town Date of publication 1952 Edition 1st edition. Red hardback, very few sunbleached marks, see photo, neat inscription on inside of hardback. Clean well-binded white-pages book.

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