THE WORLD THE WEST AND PRETORIA ALEXANDER STEWARD IN SOUTH AFRICA

Hard back with DJ. Davud McKay Co. pages inc index. Some small nicks to DJ and inscrition to previous owner on ffep. Otherwise in good condition for its age. " At the turn of the century Mr Steward's maternal grandfather, Lynn Lyster, was writing his Ballads of the Veld-land, about South Africa's heroes. His paternal grandfather, Sir William Steward, was a newspaper proprietor and Speaker in the New Zealand Parliament: as an elder staesman of the British Empire he attended the national convention in Bloemfontein, which preceded the creation of the Union of South Africa in . Me steward grew up on a sugar plantation in Zululand. After attending one of South Africa's best-known schools, Hilton College, he joined Johannesburg's Rand daily Mail as a reporter at the age of seventeen in . During the war he was transferred from the armed forces to an information post in the South African foreign service in nairobi kenya. In he was a member of the South African delegation to the Third General Assembly of the United Nations in Paris, and subsequently served in Ottawa and as Director of Information at South Africa House in london. In he left the foreign service and since that time he has been a regular commentator on political affairs for the South African Broadcasting Corporation. Mr steward has published a bi-quarterly political journal, RSA World. " Please feel free to ask questions. Local postge will be R25 inc insurance Please look at my other book listings as I am happy to combine postage should you wish to purchase more than one item. 10% discount will be given for orders of 5 or more books packaged and posted together. Click the link below to see what other books I have for sale