"The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family" by Captain Mayne Reid is a vibrant story of a Dutch farmer named Hendrik Von Bloom, who seeks a new life for his family in the wild landscapes of South Africa; Readers are introduced to a time of sociopolitical unrest in South Africa. It blends elements of family life, and encounters with the region's fauna. Hendrik, an ex-field-cornet, has moved with his children to the remote frontier beyond the Great Orange River, where he now lives as a trek-boor. Von Bloom's humble farm becomes the stage for their lives, the opening details the family's dynamics, mentioning his three sons and daughter, Truey. They are struggling against the natural elements, such as a swarm of locusts that threatens their crops. Follow Von Bloom and his family as he tries to improve his family's situation.
The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
By Mayne Reid
In the untamed wilds of South Africa, a farmer and his children face locusts and the challenges of frontier life as they build a new home.
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About the AuthorThomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
Thomas Mayne Reid was a British novelist who fought in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). His many works on American life describe colonial policy in the American colonies, the horrors of slave labour, and the lives of American Indians. "Captain" Reid wrote adventure novels akin to those by Frederick Marryat (1792-1848), and Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894). They were set mainly in the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. He was an admirer of Lord Byron. His novel Quadroon (1856), an anti-slavery work, was later adapted as a play entitled The Octoroon (1859) by Dion Boucicault and produced in New York.
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