Jock of the Bushveld

Biographies & Memoirs

FitzPatrick, Sir Percy

Community & Culture

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Jock Of The Bushveld

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Kessinger Publishing

Jock of the Bushveld, published in 1907, has been read and enjoyed by millions of children and is now a classic among animal stories. It remains as fresh and exciting as it was when it was first written and is dedicated by Fitzpatrick to ‘…those keenest and kindest of critics, best of friends and most delightful of comrades’ the likkle people!’ Jock’s owner was a young transport rider in the rugged and colourful days of the Transvaal gold rush. Those were the days when big game roamed the land and each sunrise brought a new adventure. The story of the bull terrier who shared his master’s life on the veld has been illustrated with lively sketches by Edmund Caldwell.

Children's Books

Animals

Jonathan Ball Publishers

The Outspan: Tales Of South Africa (1897)

Historical

Jock of the Bushveld is a story set in the rough Bushveld of South Africa's gold mining era. Jock is the faithful dog and companion of a transport rider. Through their adventures we catch a glimpse of those heady gold rush days. Jock, the runt of the litter turns out to be a faithful companion to the end.
This is the original and unabridged version of this South African favourite lovingly restored from the 1907 edition.

History

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The story of a dog and his master "Here is a book, a fine book, about a dog of might and character, a real dog, not a ladies' dog, a dog of iron pluck! We can think of no other dog story that approaches it in strength of description, in sympathetic apprehension of dog nature and in vivid simplicity of style....It is a fascinating record, a story as wholesome and as clean as the cold wind of the morning, and it deserves to become a classic." -New York Tribune  "The first thing to be said about Sir Percy FitzPatrick's story is that all good parents and uncles and other friends of little folk would be well advised to purchase copies of 'Jock of the Bushveld' at once....One of the most delightful storybooks of the day." -Standard  "The chronicle of the life of a dog in South Africa and the hunting and mining adventures of his master, in most of which Jock played an important part." -Publishers Weekly  "A series of tales which resemble the 'Arabian Nights' in the circumstances of their origin, and the "just So' stories in their subject and fascination." -Morning Post  "The enjoyment that this book will give to old and young is pleasant to think about." -Field  "The book is interesting to those who love the wilds as a faithful picture of the heroic days of the bushveld....But it has another appeal, and the widest, for it is an ideal children's book, the best, in our opinion, since Mr. Kipling game the world his Jungle Books. It tells the adventures of a bull-terrier named Jock - a dog cast in heroic mold." -The Spectator  "We have not read so good a book on wild life in Africa for a long spell." -Illustrated "The best book on African hunting stories since Frederick Courteney Selous." -Star

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