Actions for Africa : what it gave me, what it took from me : remembrances from my life as a German settler in South West Africa

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Africa : what it gave me, what it took from me : remembrances from my life as a German settler in South West Africa / Margarethe von Eckenbrecher ; translated, edited, and introduced by David P. Crandall, Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, and Paul E. Kerry

Author
Eckenbrecher, Margarethe von, 1875-1955
Uniform Title
Was Afrika mir gab und nahm. English
Published
Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, [2015]
Physical Description
xi, 379 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Crandall, David P., 1960-, Kelling, Hans-Wilhelm, and Kerry, Paul E.

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Language Note
Translated from the German.
Contents
Biographical entries -- A reader's introduction -- Book I -- [1] Leaving home -- The first ten days -- Las Palmas -- Monrovia -- Nifu -- Mossamdes -- Port Alexander -- Swakopmund -- The journey to Karibib -- Karibib -- By oxcart from Karibib to Okombahe -- [2] Okombahe -- Something about the natives of the colony -- The activities of the missionaries in the protectorate -- Our first abode -- Worries of a housewife -- Building our home -- Future plans and disappointments -- Cattle raising -- Gui-Gams -- Cultivating a garden -- Experiences and observations -- Spitzkoppies -- [3] Insurrection -- Foreboding weather -- The insurrection begins -- A dangerous ride -- In the fortress -- Under the protection of the Franke Company -- In the barracks at Omaruru -- My return to Germany -- Book II -- A note to my readers -- [1] The new South West -- My return to South West Africa -- Our idealic life in Klein-Windhuk -- [2] How I experienced the First World War -- The impending storm -- The future is foreshadowed in everyday events -- The people of the colony prepare themselves -- Mobilization -- South Africa begins hostilities -- Treachery at Naulila -- Our commander dies -- A punitive expedition to Naulila -- The Baster War -- The Germans must be cleared out -- General Botha occupies Windhuk -- An honorable surrender -- Living under martial law -- [3] South West becomes a League of Nations mandate -- Dissolution? -- Expulsions -- The influenza epidemic of 1918 -- Changes -- New unrest -- The house on the mountain -- Life under mandate rule -- Our German schools -- My sons -- Hunting in the African bush and a return to our home in Okombahe -- From the Brandberg to Franzfontein -- Korichaams -- Etoscha and the Waterberg -- 1934 : the year of torrential rains -- Of diamonds, gold, and other treasures -- A concluding and final word -- Postscript.
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ISBN
9781611461503 hardcover alkaline paper
1611461502 hardcover alkaline paper
9781611461985 paperback alkaline paper
1611461987 paperback alkaline paper
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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