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- Title
- The washing of the spears : a history of the rise of the Zulu nation under Shaka and its fall in the Zulu War of 1879 / Donald R. Morris.
- Author
- Morris, Donald R.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster, 1986, c1965.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | DT878.Z9 M67 1986 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 655 p., [32] p. of plates ; ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Chronicles the Zulu nation's dramatic struggle to stem the white man's advance into Southern Africa.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- "A Touchstone book."
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- pt. 1. Prologue ; The Bantu ; The rise of the Zulu nation ; Port Natal ; Dingane ; Mpande -- pt. 2. Confederation ; The coming of the war ; Preparations ; Invasion ; Isandhlwana ; The defense of Rorke's Drift ; The flanking columns ; Aftermath ; The left flank column ; The second invasion ; The Prince Imperial ; Ulundi ; The captains and the kings depart ; Epilogue: The ruin of Zululand.
- ISBN
- 067163108X :
- 0671628224 (pbk.) :
- LCCN
- ^^^86013055^
- OCLC
- 13643684
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library