Teddy Luther's War (Special Order ALLOW 5-7 Days) - Luther, Teddy & McCracken, Donal (ed.)

The Diary of a German-American in an Irish-Boer Commando . A German-American, in South Africa, fighting the British, in an Irish commando, in the Boer army. Some years ago Donal McCracken was working on a book of Ireland and the AngloBoer War (18991902) when, in the British Ministry of Defence Library, the old War Office Library, off Whitehall, he came upon a slim volume. It was a war diary written by a young German from Halbertstad named Ernest Luther. As a child, Luther went with his mother to New York. From there, in a short period, he fought as a volunteer in three wars: the GraecoTurkish War, the United StatesSpanish War and the AngloBoer War. In South Africa Luther joined an Irish commando in the Boer army and fought against the British. Aged around twenty, he was killed in action in September 1900 during the Boer retreat through the Eastern Transvaal (Mpumalanga) in the face of Lord Robertss advancing army. So we have a German-American, coming to South Africa to fight against the British, in an Irish commando, in the Boer army.

Softcover. English. 30 Degrees South. 2014. ISBN: 9781920143763. 168 with 15 black & white illustrations, maps. NEW. Book No: 2507425