LOST CITY OF THE KALAHARI. Alan Paton

2005. Hard cover with dust cover, 60 pages. Immaculate condition. Under 1kg.

Lost city of the Kalahari is the author's hitherto unpublished account of the odd adventure. Recounted by hand-drawn maps, provisions lists, photographs, 8mm film stills and other fascinating memorabilia from the period, this travelogue brings to life the quirky cast of characters, rough discomforts of the journey, tedium of unvarying landscape, vast deserts vistas, and encounters with 'wild Bushmen' and other Kalahari people.

In 1956 seven amateur adventurers set off from Natal in a decrepit 5-ton truck named Kalahari Polka', on the craziest expedition ever to enter the unknown. Its goal: to make archaeological history by locating a mythical Lost City in a remote range of mountains deep in the Kalahari Desert. Included in the party was Paton, acclaimed author of ‘Cry, the Beloved Country’, chairman of the newly-formed South African Liberal Party and a leading political voice of his time. This is the hitherto unpublished account of the odd adventure. Recounted with dry, self-deprecating wit and supplemented by hand-drawn maps, provisions lists, photographs, 8mm film stills and other fascinating memorabilia from the period, this entertaining travelogue brings to life the quirky cast of characters, rough discomforts of the journey, tedium of unvarying landscape, vast desert vistas, and encounters with wild Bushmen and other Kalahari people.