Description: Franklin Library leather edition of Alan Paton's "Cry, the Beloved Country," a Limited edition, Illustrated by Howard Rogers, one of the SIGNED 60 series, PERSONALLY SIGNED by ALAN PATON, signature protected by onion-skin paper, published in 1979. Bound in deep tan leather, the book has burnt orange French moire silk end leaves, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, a satin book marker, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition. Alan Paton was born in 1903 in the province of Natal. The Anglo-Boer War has just ended. His father was a Scots Presbyterian, who came to South Africa as a civil servant just before the Boer War. His mother was a third generation South African of English origins. Paton was writing poetry when he entered Natal College at the age of 17. He majored in science and was also active in the dramatic and literary societies. After college, he toured England and Scotland, chiefly by motorcycle and then returned to Natal and taught mathematics. "Cry, the Beloved Country" is the story of evil of the South African policy of apartheid. In 1948, when "Cry" was first published, the population of South Africa was over eleven million people, of whom the majority were black. Only two and a half million were white Afrikaans-speaking, and three quarters of a million white English-speaking. The indigenous black tribesmen could not stop the European influx, but the Dutch settlers assimilated much of the black culture. The white Afrikaners decided that their safety and survival depended on a rigid separation of white and black. Some land was set aside for conquered black tribes, but it was not nearly enough. Rich deposits of gold were discovered in the interior, and the city of JOHANNESBURG was built. Gold seekers arrived, many of them British, and the community exploded into the Anglo-Boer War. One of the less brutal but no less demeaning aspects of apartheid is park benches "For Whites Only." Paton said that his intention was to write "books that would stab South Africa in the conscience." 297 pages. I offer Combined shipping.
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
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Binding: Leather
Publisher: Franklin LIbrary signed 60
Subject: South African Apartheid
Year Printed: 1977
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Howard Rogers
Special Attributes: Luxury Edition, Signed 60
Region: South Africa
Author: Alan Paton
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: South Africa
Character Family: Rev. Stephen Kumalo, Mr. Jarvis
