Graves And Guineas Adventure In Diamond Country Kimberley 1871-1873 by J T McNish
Graves And Guineas Adventure In Diamond Country Kimberley 1871-1873 by J T McNish
Hardcover
Publisher: Struik, 1969
Used - Very Good. The Book and jacket Very Good. Internally clean and tightly bound. Protected with a Cellophane cover.
Graves And Guineas covers the period Kimberley 1871 - 1873 and describes how conditions on the diamond fields started to settle down.
Thousands of diggers arrived every month. Tradesmen, diamond buyers, liquor sellers and gamblers were among them. Women also came in thousands as cooks, nurses, barmaids and prostitutes. The title Graves And Guineas suggests many graves for the men and many guineas for the women.....
