The Plains of Camdeboo - Eve Palmer

The Karoo is one of the world's oldest and greatest deserts. To the casual traveller it is an arid desolation, without life and without charm. To those who know it, it is a land of secret beauty and infinite variety, sometimes fierce, sometimes hostile, but exercising a fascination that makes the rest of the world seem strangely tame.

For six generations Eve Palmer's family have lived there, on the farm Cranemere, situated on the Plains of Camdeboo. They have battled constantly against the desert's harsh onslaughts, adapted to it, learned each in turn to love, fear and respect it.

First published in 1966, The Plains of Camdeboo has become something of a classic in South African Literature.

The animals, the insects, the innumerable flowers which spring miraculously to life after rain, the fantastic wealth of fossils and relics of earliest man - all are woven into this rich and absorbing story.

'Here is a book which is a unique combination of history, natural history, autobiography and research in many fields � it is a celebration of the beauty of the Karoo.'

ISBN: 9781868422104

Pages: 319

Trade paperback

Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2004

Good condition; cover has some small creases

B160