Books with title Jock of the bushveld,

The story of a dog and his master "Here is a book, a fine book, about a dog of might and character, a real dog, not a ladies' dog, a dog of iron pluck! We can think of no other dog story that approaches it in strength of description, in sympathetic apprehension of dog nature and in vivid simplicity of style....It is a fascinating record, a story as wholesome and as clean as the cold wind of the morning, and it deserves to become a classic." -New York Tribune "The first thing to be said about Sir Percy FitzPatrick's story is that all good parents and uncles and other friends of little folk would be well advised to purchase copies of 'Jock of the Bushveld' at once....One of the most delightful storybooks of the day." -Standard "The chronicle of the life of a dog in South Africa and the hunting and mining adventures of his master, in most of which Jock played an important part." -Publishers Weekly "A series of tales which resemble the 'Arabian Nights' in the circumstances of their origin, and the "just So' stories in their subject and fascination." -Morning Post "The enjoyment that this book will give to old and young is pleasant to think about." -Field "The book is interesting to those who love the wilds as a faithful picture of the heroic days of the bushveld....But it has another appeal, and the widest, for it is an ideal children's book, the best, in our opinion, since Mr. Kipling game the world his Jungle Books. It tells the adventures of a bull-terrier named Jock - a dog cast in heroic mold." -The Spectator "We have not read so good a book on wild life in Africa for a long spell." -Illustrated "The best book on African hunting stories since Frederick Courteney Selous." -Star

‘Hunting stories, like traveller’s tales, are proverbially dangerous to reputations, however literally true they may be . . .’ So wrote J Percy FitzPatrick of his perennial best-seller, never out of print in the century since its first publication. Here is the story of the ‘Boy’ who went to seek his fortune and of his bull-terrier, the plucky runt of the litter; of Marokela, the champion Zulu haulier; of Jantje, the Bushman with all his lore; and of pioneer types from previous goldrushes in California and Australia. A tribute to the life of the 1880s in the outposts of the agrarian Transvaal, this complete edition includes for the first time the author’s ‘Postscript’ and ‘The Creed of Jock’.

‘Hunting stories, like traveller’s tales, are proverbially dangerous to reputations, however literally true they may be . . .’ So wrote J Percy FitzPatrick of his perennial best-seller, never out of print in the century since its first publication. Here is the story of the ‘Boy’ who went to seek his fortune and of his bull-terrier, the plucky runt of the litter; of Marokela, the champion Zulu haulier; of Jantje, the Bushman with all his lore; and of pioneer types from previous goldrushes in California and Australia. A tribute to the life of the 1880s in the outposts of the agrarian Transvaal, this complete edition includes for the first time the author’s ‘Postscript’ and ‘The Creed of Jock’.

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Jock of the Bushveld is a true story by South African author Sir James Percy Fitzpatrick. The book tells of Fitzpatrick's travels with his dog, Jock, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, during the 1880s, when he worked as a storeman, prospector's assistant, journalist and ox-wagon transport-rider in the Bushveld region of the Transvaal (then the South African Republic).