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Thunder on the Blaauwberg

Lawrence G. Green

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Description:The author stores some of his posessions and notes in a friend's cottage at Blaauberg, on the opposite side of Table Bay from Cape Town. As he walks on the beach, or goes through his notes, or looks at some of the objects he has collected, he is reminded of people he has met or heard of, places he had seen, and some of the sounds, tastes and smells of Africa. There is a chapter on famous wines, some of which have vanished. Another chapter deals with bottles, including ones with messages and model ships inside. The final chapter deals with cephalopods -- octopuses and squids -- especially the large monsters said to have been maneaters.Among the people he mentions are John William Dunne, who used to visit the Blaauwberg in his youth, and developed a novel theory of time; Solomon Rabinowitz, a lonely diamond prospector; and Edward, Duke of Kent, whom some members of a Green family in South Africa (unrelated to the author) claimed to be descended from.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Thunder on the Blaauwberg. To get started finding Thunder on the Blaauwberg, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 269

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Howard Timmins

Release: 1966

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Description: The author stores some of his posessions and notes in a friend's cottage at Blaauberg, on the opposite side of Table Bay from Cape Town. As he walks on the beach, or goes through his notes, or looks at some of the objects he has collected, he is reminded of people he has met or heard of, places he had seen, and some of the sounds, tastes and smells of Africa. There is a chapter on famous wines, some of which have vanished. Another chapter deals with bottles, including ones with messages and model ships inside. The final chapter deals with cephalopods -- octopuses and squids -- especially the large monsters said to have been maneaters.Among the people he mentions are John William Dunne, who used to visit the Blaauwberg in his youth, and developed a novel theory of time; Solomon Rabinowitz, a lonely diamond prospector; and Edward, Duke of Kent, whom some members of a Green family in South Africa (unrelated to the author) claimed to be descended from.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Thunder on the Blaauwberg. To get started finding Thunder on the Blaauwberg, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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