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050 4 _aPZ
100 1 _aReid, Mayne,
_d1818-1883
240 1 4 _aThe Bush Boys. French
245 1 4 _aLes enfants des bois
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2010
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2010-08-03
508 _aProduced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr)
520 _a"Les enfants des bois" by Mayne Reid is a novel likely written in the mid-19th century. The story, set in the English colony of the Cape of Good Hope, follows the life of Hendrik Von Bloom, a former officer turned farmer, and his family as they navigate the challenges of their harsh environment, including conflicts with indigenous peoples and the struggles posed by nature. The themes of survival, resilience, and the relationship between settlers and indigenous cultures appear to be central to the narrative. The opening of the novel introduces us to Hendrik Von Bloom, a boor (farmer) who has a rich backstory, including his previous life as an officer in a Dutch regiment. Now living beyond the Orange River with his three sons and his daughter Gertrude, the family faces the difficulties of farming in a harsh landscape made more challenging by the loss of much of their livestock due to the changing political climate and natural disasters. As they work to rebuild their lives, the arrival of a devastating migration of locusts threatens their meager harvest, prompting a desperate search for sustenance while weaving in elements of family dynamics and the looming threat of wild animals in their isolated world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCamping -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aBrothers -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aFathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aOutdoor life -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aBig game hunting -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aAfrica, Southern -- Juvenile fiction
700 1 _aLa Bédollière, Emile de,
_d1812-1883
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33339
999 _c74185
_d74185