David Bristow’s new book, The Game Ranger: The Knife , the Lion and the
Sheep was recently launched at Adams in Musgrave Centre.
20 Tales about Curious Characters from
Southern Africa . Wednesday 28 November 5.30 for 6.00 pm at Adams Musgrave
Centre .
David Bristow is the author of more than 20
books on South Africa and Southern Africa, among them books on Wildlife , a
list of quirky places to visit in South
Africa, Hiking , Walks and Trails (Drakensberg & Western Cape), Mountains
and Natural History. His previous book was Running Wild: the story of Zulu, an African stallion.
Bristow was editor of Gateway Magazine for
14 years , succeeded by fellow author Don Pinnock .With degrees in Journalism
and Environmental Sciences , he has a well-rounded grasp on things that are not
rocket science!
He grew up on the Highveld north of
Johannesburg Dreams of becoming an
architect took a sharp turn on June 16, 1976, when ' the other side' of Johannesburg
suddenly went up in smoke. He resigned that day and went to Rhodes University
to study journalism.
The
Game Ranger , the Knife , the Lion and the Sheep
offers spellbinding stories of some amazing , little-known characters from
South Africa, past and very past. Among the characters are Krotoa, the Khoi
maiden found working in the van Riebeeck household ; Mevrou Maria Mouton who
preferred to socialise with the slaves on their Swartland farm; the giant
Trekboer Coenraad de Buys, rebel, renegade with a price on his head who married
many women (none of them white) and fathered a small nation; the men of
learning such as Raymond Dart, Adrian Boshier and James Kitching who opened up
the world of myth, ancient artefacts and creatures.
The
Game Ranger is David Bristow's second book in the Stories of the Veld Series. Published by Jacana, it is priced at R240.
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