The South African Quirt

by Walter D. Edmonds

First Edition stated. Little, Brown & Co., Boston 1985. Good/Good dust jacket condition. THE SOUTH AFRICAN QUIRT IS A CLASSIC TALE OF A BOY'S RITE OF PASSAGE, DRAMATICALLY HEIGHTENED BY THE TERRIFYING STRUGGLE THE BOY, NATTY DUNSTON, MUST UNDERGO AT THE HANDS OF HIS TYRANNICAL FATHER....

186 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1985

About the author

Walter Dumaux Edmonds has been a National Book Award winner and recipient of the Newbery Medal. He is the author of Bert Breen’s Barn, The Boyds of Black River, In the Hands of the Senecas, Mostly Canallers, Rome Haul, Time to Go House, and most recently the autobiographical Tales My Father Never Told, all available from Syracuse University Press.

Reviews

[Gary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although this autobiographical story lacks the typical Edmonds ending, it is so well written and accurately depicts the father and son relationship of that generation. I enjoyed it and was happy to pick up another signed first edition for the collection.

[Blake Roche · Rating 3 out of 5]

Apparently I'm the only person to have ever read this and ever to review it...so here goes. It's going on 3 years since I've read it, but I remember it being a charming coming-of-age story. Same layout as usual, but I definitely didn't hate it.

[Lindy Foster]

This was a short and very compelling book, although it might have been meant for younger readers. I about cried at the end. It's a very old-fashioned book, and probably won't appeal to many of my contemporaries; I just liked the cover and picked it up at the library. But I'm glad I read it.