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SALLY EN RODESIA
Madrid . 24 cm. 181 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Viento simún ; ', numero coleccion(86). Traducción de Mª Luisa Vilariño Durán. MacDonald, Sheila-. Biografías. Literatura de viajes. Cartas. África-. Descubrimientos y exploraciones .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. 978-84-15374-96-1
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176 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1926
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August 4, 2011
As the description from "Books of Rhodesia" stated - this must have been read by most female Rhodesians at some point in time. Loved it, evocative, funny, interesting - highly recommended.
June 24, 2020
I haven't seen anything saying that this book is a parody but it reads like one. If this book really describes British colonial Rhodesia, then I'm not surprised that it went belly up.
Sally and her husband considered themselves "pioneers" who were still sort of roughing it in a new country. Seriously? If American pioneers were given this book they would think they were reading The Arabian Nights!
"...Fifi (her daughter) and I travelled by m'chela, which is really a litter carried by four natives. they do a peculiar kind of rock step which is rather pleasant. We lay at our ease on a pile of cushions, shaded by a big green lined umbrella. We travelled twenty-three miles like that, often stopping to stretch my legs with a short walk. Mercifully it was fine though rather uncomfortably hot ..."
Sally paid dearly for food imported all the way from England. Her husband seems to enjoy hunting and fishing a lot but not to be exceptionally good at either. Sally's attempts to raise their own food also appear to have been largely unsuccessful, although some of the decorative plants in her flower garden may have been edible. She certainly didn't know jack about raising chickens. When Sally got pregnant (apparently her husband knew how to do something), she wrote to her mother to find out what was going on and received a book in return. The title is not given but it was apparently an early 20th century version of What to Expect When You're Expecting.
In one letter, Sally assures her mother more than once that she shouldn't pay any attention to the book Virginia of the Rhodesians, that life in Rhodesia isn't like that at all. I will have to add that book to my reading list.
Sally and her husband considered themselves "pioneers" who were still sort of roughing it in a new country. Seriously? If American pioneers were given this book they would think they were reading The Arabian Nights!
"...Fifi (her daughter) and I travelled by m'chela, which is really a litter carried by four natives. they do a peculiar kind of rock step which is rather pleasant. We lay at our ease on a pile of cushions, shaded by a big green lined umbrella. We travelled twenty-three miles like that, often stopping to stretch my legs with a short walk. Mercifully it was fine though rather uncomfortably hot ..."
Sally paid dearly for food imported all the way from England. Her husband seems to enjoy hunting and fishing a lot but not to be exceptionally good at either. Sally's attempts to raise their own food also appear to have been largely unsuccessful, although some of the decorative plants in her flower garden may have been edible. She certainly didn't know jack about raising chickens. When Sally got pregnant (apparently her husband knew how to do something), she wrote to her mother to find out what was going on and received a book in return. The title is not given but it was apparently an early 20th century version of What to Expect When You're Expecting.
In one letter, Sally assures her mother more than once that she shouldn't pay any attention to the book Virginia of the Rhodesians, that life in Rhodesia isn't like that at all. I will have to add that book to my reading list.
September 8, 2023
A classic of travel, light-hearted and humorous with a tone a bit like My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell. This book was a bestseller in its day.
September 9, 2024
Lectura fresca, divertida de una chica que fue a vivir con su marido a Rodesia y barra a través de cartas a su madre y amigas sus periplos en torno a 1910. Los contrastes y costumbres en África por la época. Son muy entretenidas de leer, aunque algunos aspectos puedan sorprendernos si los miramos con la perspectiva actual
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