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South West Pioneer – Colin Earl Bell – A tribute to James Frank Bassingwaighte

Book and Dust Jacket in very good condition.
Book is well bound.
Published by Bennu Books, Sea-Point, South Africa in 1977
contains drawings by the author’s youngest daughter Caileen Bell.
Weight 460 g + 200 g Packaging = 660 g
ISBN 090907304X

Description

In the midst of the industrial revolution
where seated labour and stark poverty stood
cheek-by-jowl with affluence and strict class
distinction, James Frank Bassingthwaighte,
a 22-year-old wagon builder, answering a call
for adventure in distant places, left England in
1842 so escape a society in upheaval.

Additional information

Weight 660 g