The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley

The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley

Bertram Mitford, colonial writer, novelist, essayist and cultural critic (1855-1914)


This ebook presents «The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley», from Bertram Mitford. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected.


Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- Crossing the Durban Bar

-03- Strangers in a Strange Land

-04- A Friend

-05- John Dawes, Transport-Rider

-06- Anstey’s Store

-07- Gerard is Launched

-08- Sobuza, the Zulu

-09- Down

-10- Up

-11- A Piece of Zulu Jockeying

-12- A New Terror

-13- Mutiny

-14- The Igazipuza

-15- The Lion’s Den

-16- The Tooth

-17- The Attempted Escape

-18- How Dawes Fared

-19- How Gerard Fared

-20- Between Two Perils

-21- An Error of Judgment

-22- The King’s Hunting-Dogs

-23- The Two Emissaries

-24- The Work of Suppression

-25- The Last of the Freebooters

-26- The Last of all our Friends