Jock of the Bushveld - Percy Fitzpatrick
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Jock of the Bushveld, published in 1907, is a true story by South African author Sir James Percy FitzPatrick. The book tells of FitzPatrick's travels with his dog, Jock, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier cross, during the 1880s, when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport-rider in the Bushveld region of the Transvaal (then the South African Republic). The book recounts the adventures of the dog and his boss.
Jock of the Bushveld was first published in 1907 and had an extremely warm reception, being reprinted four times in that year alone. Since then it has achieved the status of a classic South African book and has been also widely read abroad – more than one hundred editions have been printed and it has been translated into Afrikaans, Dutch, French, Xhosa and Zulu, amongst others. The Book has also been adapted into a film, and Jock has a statue in a town in South Africa.
This edition, according to its editor Linda Rosenberg, has been cleansed of its 'prejudicial racial r...
Jock of the Bushveld was first published in 1907 and had an extremely warm reception, being reprinted four times in that year alone. Since then it has achieved the status of a classic South African book and has been also widely read abroad – more than one hundred editions have been printed and it has been translated into Afrikaans, Dutch, French, Xhosa and Zulu, amongst others. The Book has also been adapted into a film, and Jock has a statue in a town in South Africa.
This edition, according to its editor Linda Rosenberg, has been cleansed of its 'prejudicial racial r...
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