Author: Hoste, Skipper. (Ed. N.S. Davies).
Title: Gold Fever.
Description: Pioneer Head. Salisbury 1977. 143pp illustrated softcover 8vo. Bookplate inside front wrap. VG+ condition. ISBN: 9780869180136 'Skipper' Hoste was Captain of 'B' Troop of the Pioneer Corps and in charge of the flag-raising ceremony at Fort Salisbury on September 13th 1890. This book was written before his death and subsequently edited by his grandson. It is a personal account of the occupation and settlement of Rhodesia, including the search for gold after the disbandment of the Pioneer Corps.

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