THE BOER WAR AND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY FIREARMS ¶ A Bibliography of Printed and Online Resources ¶ By Dusk Peterson

This site serves a partial bibliography for Life Prison, a historical fantasy series set in Victorian prisons, as well as the upcoming Triad series, inspired by the Boer War. For other bibliographies in this series, please see the main index of the Turn-of-the-Century Toughs Bibliographies.

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1. Military Instruction Manuals and Shooting Handbooks

* General Manuals
* Hunting Manuals
* Military Manuals

2. The Boer War (The South African War)

* General History
* Horses
* Prisoners
* Soldiers
* Spies
* Weapons
——General
——Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield Rifles
——Mauser Rifle

Military Instruction Manuals and Shooting Handbooks

General Manuals

McKee, Thomas Heron. The Gun Book for Boys and Men (1918). American. Traces the history of firearms with simple descriptions.

Hunting Manuals

Payne-Gallwey, Ralph. Letters to Young Shooters: On the Choice and Use of a Gun (1892). English.

Military Manuals

Technical Training Handbook of the Browning Automatic Rifle, Model of 1918 (1918). American.

The Boer War (The South African War)

General History

The Canadian Anglo-Boer War Museum. Canadian. Primarily promoting a documentary about Canadian troops in the war, this site is filled with many period illustrations, photographs of artifacts, and music.

LISTS OF PERIOD WRITINGS

Google Books: South African War, 1899-1902.

Internet Archive Texts: South African War, 1899-1902.

Orans, Lewis P. (editor). Perspectives: The South African War.

Project Gutenberg: Boer War (Bookshelf).

Van Hartesveldt, Fred R. The Boer War: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (2000).

HISTORICAL STUDIES

Military History Journal (South African Military History Society, 1967-present). Includes many articles and contemporary photographs about the Boer War.

Horses

Spence, Iaian G. "'To Shoot and Ride': Mobility and Firepower in Mounted Warfare."

Prisoners

Masters, Clifford. The Boer War Period at St. Helena. A video showing turn-of-the-century postcards of Boer prisoners at St. Helena, as well as envelopes addressed to the prisoners.

Soldiers

Reitz, Deneys. Commando (written in 1903; published in 1929). At age seventeen, Deneys Reitz, whose father was a Boer secretary of state, joined the Boer army in order to fight the British. In this very readable account of his adventures, Reitz tracks the fates of himself, his family members (three of his brothers also joined the army), and various soldiers he met along the way.

Spies

Brandt, Johanna. The Petticoat Commando, or Boer Women in Secret Service (1913). Also available at Project Gutenberg. An account of female and male Boer spies in occupied Pretoria, as drawn from the diary of Hansie van Warmelo. See also the memoir of her brother, Dielof van Warmelo.

Weapons

General

Craig, Dylan. The Weapons and Battles of the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).

Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield Rifles

JollyGreenSlug. Lee-Metford and Lee-Enfield. A series of videos by a gun collector, showing the difference between the Lee-Metford and the Lee-Enfield, and between the various models of the Lee-Enfield.

Mauser Rifle

A Mafeking Siege: Boer Mauser Model 95/96/97.

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