THE SCOURGE OF THE KAISERBIRD BY KOOS MARAIS

THE SCOURGE OF THE KAISERBIRD BY KOOS MARAIS. SOFT COVER, OUT OF PRINT, 346 PAGES, 2018, NO INSCRIPTIONS OR NAMES, IN GOOD CONDITION.

In 1906 while the Namas, indigenous first people of Namibia, were engaged in a war with the German colonial Schutztruppe, the Luchtensteins, an immigrant family, arrived by ship in Luderitzbucht. They then left by ox wagon to a new home, three hundred kilometres into the interior. Ahead of them lay the treacherous sands of the Namib Desert; thirst, searing heat, freezing nights, the fury of the desert wind, wild animals - and the enemy.