Graham Jooste and Abrie Oosthuizen - Innocent Blood: Executions during the Anglo-Boer War

Innocent Blood: Executions during the Anglo-Boer War

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Innocent Blood: Executions during the Anglo-Boer War
• Authors: Graham Jooste and Abrie Oosthuizen
• Publisher: Spearhead (An imprint of New Africa Books), Claremont
• Publication Date: 2002
• ISBN-10: 0864865325 / ISBN-13: 9780864865328
• Edition Details: True First Edition.
• Binding: Original illustrated softcover.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book & Covers: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Interior & Exterior: An exceptionally clean, crisp, and well-preserved copy. The laminate covers remain bright and flat with minimal edge wear. Pages are bright white, completely unmarked, and firmly square in the binding. An excellent, near-pristine example.

Synopsis & Historical Context

Innocent Blood is a harrowing, meticulously researched accounting of the Cape Rebels and Boer commandos who were court-martialled and executed by British firing squads under martial law during the Anglo-Boer War. The authors systematically document the tragic human stories behind figures like Commander Gideon Scheepers and other lesser-known rebels, utilizing trial transcripts, final letters written from death cells, and execution records. This work stands as a cornerstone text for understanding the brutal, bitter legal warfare waged in the Cape Colony.

Author Profile: Graham Jooste

Graham Jooste, working alongside historical researchers like Abrie Oosthuizen, specialized in uncovering forgotten legal anomalies, executions, and local skirmishes of the Boer War, giving voice to marginalized family histories of the epoch.

(Highly sought after and increasingly scarce out of print).