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An American Family on the African Frontier: The Burnham Family Letters, 1893-1896
Californian Frederick Burnham writes of his family's travels across southern Africa and their struggle to wrest natural resources from the native population.
300 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1994
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April 28, 2024
Beautiful book - heinous main male character.
Page one, in a letter to his mother, he (a Socialist) states that a new world is coming, with class equality, and if it has to come by an ocean of blood than good, as he's always swum well in that element 🫢🤮💩
Goes on to treat Africans poorly, surprise surprise. Apparently I should excuse this because of that perennial excuse: 'the times', but see, 2000 years ago a man came down from heaven and REMINDED the human race about morality. The times are no excuse for being a despicable psychopath...but that's all that Socialism is about being.
Page one, in a letter to his mother, he (a Socialist) states that a new world is coming, with class equality, and if it has to come by an ocean of blood than good, as he's always swum well in that element 🫢🤮💩
Goes on to treat Africans poorly, surprise surprise. Apparently I should excuse this because of that perennial excuse: 'the times', but see, 2000 years ago a man came down from heaven and REMINDED the human race about morality. The times are no excuse for being a despicable psychopath...but that's all that Socialism is about being.
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