Heidelbergers of the Boer War by Uys, Ian
Highly Collectible: Dedicated and signed on Second page and again signed and dated on the Title page by the Author Ian Uys.
Heidelbergers of the Boer War by Uys, Ian
Hardcover, ISBN 9780620048828
Publisher: (Heidelberg: the author, 1981) 0620048824, 1981 First Edition.
Used - Very Good+. This book is in very good condition. The cover have some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. The book is protected with a Cellophane cover. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied.
Brown cloth, 277 pages, signed on title page. A very good copy.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle referred to the Heidelberg Commando as the 'corps de elite' of the Boer Forces, and well he might have for the Heidelbergers fought in every campaign in which the Transvaal forces were engaged from 1850 to 1902. This details the history of the people of Heidelberg, based on books, letters, diaries and memories.
The story of the people of the town Heidelberg on the banks of Blesbokspruit who came from all nationalities, but stood together during the war and fought and died together. Pictorial endpapers, 277 pp
