02527cam a2200457 a 4500 ocn666251721 OCoLC 20160511113529.0 110616s2010 sa abcf b 000 0aeng d 2011399094 BTCTA eng BTCTA DLC YDXCP OI@ BWX CUV BKX INU UKMGB BDX OCLCA OCLCQ ZAAPA 015867326 Uk 9781770221383 (trade) 1770221387 (trade) AU@ 000047173802 (OCoLC)666251721 lccopycat f-sa--- DT1916.D84 S36 2010 968.048/092 B 23 ZAAA Schoeman, Chris, 1948- Boer boy : memoirs of an Anglo-Boer War youth / Chris Schoeman. Cape Town, South Africa : Zebra Press, 2010. xvi, 222 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, map, portraits ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-222). Boer boy is a true story of the experiences of Charles du Preez, a ten-year old farmboy, during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. He and his father were captured by the British and taken prisoner. They were transported to the prisoner-of-war camps of Umballa and Solon in India. Later in life, Charles du Preez wrote an account of his experiences and the author has used this as well as other oral and documentary sources including a diary written by Charles' mother detailing her experiences during the war. Machine generated contents note: 1. The Du Preez Family -- 2. Early Life at Wonderkop -- 3. Lead-up to the Anglo-Boer War -- 4. Wonderkop and the Wittebergen -- 5. A Call to Arms -- 6. To the Front and Back -- 7. The Hardships of War -- 8. Fleeing the British -- 9. Captured -- 10. India -- 11. Umballa and Solon -- 12. Peace and Repatriation -- 13. Winburg Concentration Camp -- 14. Rebuilding Wonderkop. Du Preez, Charles. Du Preez family. South African War, 1899-1902 Prisoners and prisons, British. Prisoners of war South Africa Biography. Prisoners of war India Biography. Brodart BROD 12236896 $26.00 Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0009272087 YBP Library Services YANK 3584694 C0 ZAAPA 35649 35649 0 0 ddc 0 0 DAPA DAPA 2016-05-11 0 968.04 SCH APA040976 2016-05-11 1 2016-05-11