Author: Slater, J.F. (Ed. Rosalind Slater).
Title: The Carnarvon Dale Papers. 9. Frances. Being Letters and Diaries Preserved By Mrs. J.F. Slater (Sarah Ann Bland) at Carnarvon Dale on the Bushman's River and Edited By Her Grandaughter Rosalind Slater. (1862-1947),
Description: Self published. Paterson nd. Blue printed wraps. 85pp illustrated b/w photos. Some light stains to f.wrap. generally G-VG condition, contents unmarked. Signed title page by R.M. Slater. Frances was the tenth child of John and Sarah. Educated in Grahamstown at DSG she taught in various schools but later trained as a nurse. Going to Matabeleland she joined the ambulance department of the army serving in the Matabele war of 1896 both there and at Francistown until after the Anglo Boer war. Moving to England she wrote novels under the pen name of F. Bancroft. She later returned to South Africa, continuing to write novels and articles, following her interest in 1820 Settler history. She died at Carnarvon Dale in 1947.

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