Jock of the Bushveld
Fitzpatrick, Percy
ISBN 10: 1973824728 ISBN 13: 9781973824725
Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017
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Jock of the Bushveld By Percy Fitzpatrick
About the Author: Sir James Percy FitzPatrick, KCMG (24 July 1862 - 24 January 1931), or simply Percy FitzPatrick, authored the classic children's book, Jock of the Bushveld in 1907. After his father died FitzPatrick left school to support his family. He arrived in South Africa's Eastern Transvaal goldfields in 1884, where he worked as an ox-wagon transport-rider from Lourenço Marques (Maputo) to Lydenburg and Barberton. Fitzpatrick turned his adventures into bedtime stories for his children. Rudyard Kipling, a good friend of Fitzpatrick, who also took part in these story-telling evenings persuaded him to publish them. The result was Jock of the Bushveld which was first published in 1907 and has since achieved the status of a South African classic. FitzPatrtick gave his collection of wild animal gathered during hunting trips to form the first stock of the Johannesburg Zoo.
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Title: Jock of the Bushveld
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good