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245 10 a| Africa: What it gave me, what it took from meh| [electronic resource] :b| remembrances from my life as a German settler in South West Africa /c| Margarethe von Eckenbrecher ; translated, edited, and introduced by David P. Crandall, Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, and Paul E. Kerry.;

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300 a| xi, 379 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Biographical entries -- A reader's introduction -- Book I -- [1] Leaving home -- The first ten days -- Las Palmas -- Monrovia -- Nifu -- Mossamdes -- Port Alexander -- Swakopmund -- The journey to Karibib -- Karibib -- By oxcart from Karibib to Okombahe -- [2] Okombahe -- Something about the natives of the colony -- The activities of the missionaries in the protectorate -- Our first abode -- Worries of a housewife -- Building our home -- Future plans and disappointments -- Cattle raising -- Gui-Gams -- Cultivating a garden -- Experiences and observations -- Spitzkoppies -- [3] Insurrection -- Foreboding weather -- The insurrection begins -- A dangerous ride -- In the fortress -- Under the protection of the Franke Company -- In the barracks at Omaruru -- My return to Germany -- Book II -- A note to my readers -- [1] The new South West -- My return to South West Africa -- Our idealic life in Klein-Windhuk -- [2] How I experienced the First World War -- The impending storm -- The future is foreshadowed in everyday events -- The people of the colony prepare themselves -- Mobilization -- South Africa begins hostilities -- Treachery at Naulila -- Our commander dies -- A punitive expedition to Naulila -- The Baster War -- The Germans must be cleared out -- General Botha occupies Windhuk -- An honorable surrender -- Living under martial law -- [3] South West becomes a League of Nations mandate -- Dissolution? -- Expulsions -- The influenza epidemic of 1918 -- Changes -- New unrest -- The house on the mountain -- Life under mandate rule -- Our German schools -- My sons -- Hunting in the African bush and a return to our home in Okombahe -- From the Brandberg to Franzfontein -- Korichaams -- Etoscha and the Waterberg -- 1934 : the year of torrential rains -- Of diamonds, gold, and other treasures -- A concluding and final word -- Postscript.;

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Africa: What it gave me, what it took from me remembrances from my life as a German settler in South West Africa / Margarethe von Eckenbrecher ; translated, edited, and introduced by David P. Crandall, Hans-Wilhelm Kelling, and Paul E. Kerry.

Author/creator	Eckenbrecher, Margarethe von
Other author	Crandall, David P., 1960-
Other author	Kelling, Hans-Wilhelm.
Other author	Kerry, Paul E.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press, [2015]
Description	xi, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Eckenbrecher, Margarethe von, 1875-1955. Germans--Namibia. --Biography. Women pioneers--Namibia. --Biography. Farmers--Namibia. --Biography. Frontier and pioneer life--Namibia. Namibia--History. --1884-1915. --Biography. Namibia--History. --1915-1946. --Biography. Namibia--Social life and customs. --20th century. Namibia--Ethnic relations. --History. --20th century. Okombahe (Namibia)--Biography.

Uniform title	Was Afrika mir gab und nahm. English
Variant title	Africa
Contents	Biographical entries -- A reader's introduction -- Book I -- [1] Leaving home -- The first ten days -- Las Palmas -- Monrovia -- Nifu -- Mossamdes -- Port Alexander -- Swakopmund -- The journey to Karibib -- Karibib -- By oxcart from Karibib to Okombahe -- [2] Okombahe -- Something about the natives of the colony -- The activities of the missionaries in the protectorate -- Our first abode -- Worries of a housewife -- Building our home -- Future plans and disappointments -- Cattle raising -- Gui-Gams -- Cultivating a garden -- Experiences and observations -- Spitzkoppies -- [3] Insurrection -- Foreboding weather -- The insurrection begins -- A dangerous ride -- In the fortress -- Under the protection of the Franke Company -- In the barracks at Omaruru -- My return to Germany -- Book II -- A note to my readers -- [1] The new South West -- My return to South West Africa -- Our idealic life in Klein-Windhuk -- [2] How I experienced the First World War -- The impending storm -- The future is foreshadowed in everyday events -- The people of the colony prepare themselves -- Mobilization -- South Africa begins hostilities -- Treachery at Naulila -- Our commander dies -- A punitive expedition to Naulila -- The Baster War -- The Germans must be cleared out -- General Botha occupies Windhuk -- An honorable surrender -- Living under martial law -- [3] South West becomes a League of Nations mandate -- Dissolution? -- Expulsions -- The influenza epidemic of 1918 -- Changes -- New unrest -- The house on the mountain -- Life under mandate rule -- Our German schools -- My sons -- Hunting in the African bush and a return to our home in Okombahe -- From the Brandberg to Franzfontein -- Korichaams -- Etoscha and the Waterberg -- 1934 : the year of torrential rains -- Of diamonds, gold, and other treasures -- A concluding and final word -- Postscript.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Language	Translated from the German.
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015004497
ISBN	9781611461503 (cloth : alkaline paper)
ISBN	9781611461985 (paperback : alkaline paper)

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