Frontiers by Noel Mostert
The story of the Xhosa people of South Africa. It encompasses a huge range of events, from the first Portuguese probes into the Southern Ocean, black African migrations, Dutch settlement and the actions of colonial governors and generals, to the frontier wars that broke the Xhosa people.
Noel Mostert was born and educated in South Africa. His family, of Dutch-French (Huguenot) origin, became established at the Cape in the earliest days of the settlement there. Mostert himself left South Africa permanently in 1947 at the age of seventeen for Canada, where he became a citizen in 1952. He served as a parliamentary correspondent in Ottawa and military correspondent in Europe for the United Press, and then as a foreign correspondent and New York columnist for the Montreal Star. Mostert subsequently wrote regularly from Europe, Africa and the Middle East for The Reporter, and his articles, essays and short stories appeared in most major U. S. publications. He received several awards for his reportage, including the National Magazine award in 1974 for articles in The New Yorker. In 1974 his first book, Supership, was unanimously chosen to receive the Pullitzer Prize for non-ficiton before being disqualified on grounds of his Canadian citizenship. Noel Mostert lives in Morocco.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224033251 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224033255 |
| Title | Frontiers |
| Author | Noel Mostert |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1992-06-25 |
| Number of pages | 1355 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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