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From my TBR, King Solomon’s Mines, written in 1886, is a masterpiece of adventure as described by the New York Times in 1972 (the year of printing for my edition). H. Rider Haggard is described as the ne’er-do-well son of a properous English Family in the inner page of my Laurel-Leaf-Library book. He wa sent off to South Africa at the age of 19. This book is an adventure story most likely appealing to young men back in the day but mostly unheard of now. It is dated by it’s language, racism but i
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A well-written exploration/adventure/treasure story but also a very interesting depiction of relations between the white colonialists and native Africans in the late 19th century. Haggard has his hero say in the first chapter that he doesn't like the word "nigger". Of course there are some racist comments all the same, but he does mostly seem to judge native Africans on the same criteria as white men (are they honest, honourable etc) rather than on their skin colour. They meet up with a tribe wh
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