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Article: Fire in the Sky: The Destruction of the Orange Free State, 1899-1902/The Great Escape of the Boer Pimpernel, Christiaan de Wet: The Making of a Legend
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- African Studies Review
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- September 1, 2003
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Owen Coetzer. Fire in the Sky: The Destruction of the Orange Free State, 1899-1902. Weltevreden Park, South Africa: Covos-Day Books, 2000. xvi + 338 pp. Photographs. Map. Appendixes. Bibliography. Index. R120.00. Paper.
Fransjohan Pretorius. The Great Escape of the Boer Pimpernel, Christiaan de Wet: The Making of a Legend. Translated and adapted by Stephen Hofstätter, assisted by Wilhelm Snyman. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 2001. xvi + 240 pp. Photographs. Illustrations. Maps. Bibliography. Index. $29.95. Cloth.
These two works are examples of the Janus face of war in turn-of-the-century South Africa, reflecting the pity (Coetzer) and glory (Pretorius) of the Second ...