The Brave Boer Boy and Other Stories – Taffy & David Shearing
The Brave Boer Boy and Other Stories – Taffy & David Shearing
The Brave Boer Boy and Other Stories (Cape Commando Series No. 4) — Scarce Dual-Author Signed Copy (Used Collectible Book)
Historical Vignettes and Untold Commando Accounts from the Cape Colony Campaign
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: The Brave Boer Boy and Other Stories
- Author: Taffy Shearing and David Shearing
- Publisher: Private Publication / Eigen Publicatie, Sedgefield
- Publication Date: 2002 / 2003 (First Edition)
- ISBN-13: 9780620298698 (ISBN-10: 0620298693)
- Edition Details: First Edition, Limited Private Press Release. Hand-signed by both authors on the preliminary/first page.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium illustrated heavy card softcover wrappers (Paperback).
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), approx. 195 pages. Illustrated with historical photographs, operational maps, and documented archival records.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Wraps: The glossy card wrappers are remarkably flat, square, and bright. The spine is completely unbroken, crisp, and uncreased. Only very slight, natural handling-related shelf wear along the softcover edges, completely consistent with careful reading.
- Interior: Binding is tight, square, and structurally flawless. Pages are beautifully clean, bright white, and entirely free of user highlighting, foxing, annotations, or clipped corners.
- Provenance: Highly collectible, authentic ink signatures of both iconic researchers proudly displayed on the first page: "Taffy Shearing" and "David Shearing".
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
Synopsis & Historical Value
The Brave Boer Boy and Other Stories is the critically acclaimed fourth installment in the iconic Cape Commando Series self-published by the premier research duo Taffy and David Shearing. This volume gathers forgotten fragments, personal diaries, and anomalies unearthed during their lifetime of archival research into the Anglo-Boer War. Highlighted pieces include the jaw-dropping account of a brave young boy who walked nearly 500 miles across hostile territory to locate his father's commando, alongside unedited vignettes involving Winston Churchill, early battlefield X-ray diagnostic units, and the surprising role of baboons serving as sentries on the veld. It offers an indispensable, objective balance of stories from both rebel guerrilla forces and loyalist Cape columns.
Author Profile: Taffy and David Shearing
Taffy and David Shearing were legendary independent South African historians who spent decades tracking down the graves, diaries, and operational histories of the Cape Rebels. Their meticulous, self-published Cape Commando Series fundamentally revolutionized contemporary historical understanding of guerrilla movement and local alignment in the Cape Colony during the South African War.
