The Chronicle of Jeremiah Goldswain (Special Order ALLOW 5-7 Days) - Goldswain, Ralph

This is the story of the 1820 Settler, Jeremiah Goldswain, in his own words. After thirty-eight years on the eastern boundary of the Cape Colony, he sat down to write his memoirs. It is a close-up view of four decades during a period when the British Empire was expanding in southern Africa, with the borders being pushed ever farther into the hinterland by successive governors. As a result, there was constant conflict between the African tribes and the colonists. Jeremiah was directly involved in three of the nine Frontier Wars that occurred between 1779 and 1879.It is the story of hardship and the struggle for survival of Jeremiah and his familyhis wife Eliza and their ten childrenon one of the most volatile borders the world has ever seen.

Softcover. English. 30 Degrees South. 2014. ISBN: 9781928211242. 336 pp. NEW. Book No: 2507471