{"product_id":"jock-of-the-bushveld-edited-by-linda-rosenberg-illustrated-by-edmund-caldwell-copy","title":"JOCK OF THE BUSHVELD, edited by Linda Rosenberg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e219pp., paperback, \u003c\/em\u003eReprint, Johannesburg, (1907) 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780868522548\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited edition: Language has been modernised, measurements metricated and glossary expanded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the experiences of Sir Percy Fitzpatrick and his Staffordshire bull terrier, Jock. In the 1880s, when Fitzpatrick worked as an ox-wagon transport rider in the old Transvaal, he rescued a puppy from drowning. The dog became his faithful companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSouth African author, politician and mining financier \u003c\/span\u003eJames Percy Fitzpatrick was born in King William's Town in 1862. He is the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThrough Mashonaland with Pick and Pen; The Outspan: Tales of South Africa \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e The Transvaal from Within. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eHe died on his Eastern Cape farm in 1931.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fitzpatrick (P.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42659994959918,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0265\/3182\/3662\/files\/JockoftheBushveld_4ac8ccf1-4851-4f70-b385-d15db42c053d.jpg?v=1788263632","url":"https:\/\/clarkesbooks.co.za\/products\/jock-of-the-bushveld-edited-by-linda-rosenberg-illustrated-by-edmund-caldwell-copy","provider":"Clarke's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}