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Large trade paperback. 388pp. Reprinted from the 1896 edition. Historical fiction of South Africa in the 19th century. “Mayne Reid, a pre-eminent and popular writer, was primarily a novelist (818-1883) who wrote adventure stories from just before the Civil War until his death in 1883. Reid’s career included two periods in the U.S.: 1840-49 and 1867-70,,,, ” Following his first sojourn in the United States, “…Reid returned to England in 1849, and embarked upon a successful career as a writer of adventure novels and books for boys. He was a close friend of Poe…, played a gallant role in the Mexican war, worked as a journalist and wrote his first novel while in the United States.” An as new copy, in stock and mailed promptly.