The Reading Room

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Massed yachts gather in Cape Town.

Works quoted from

A Fish Caught In Time Samantha Weinberg (Fourth Estate, 2000)

In The Company Of Diamonds Peter Carstens (Ohio University Press, 2001)

Southern Lights: Lighthouses of Southern Africa Harold Williams (William Waterman Publications, 1993)

The Glamour Of Prospecting Fred C Cornell (David Philip, 1986)

The People Of De Hoop Nature Reserve Anne and Mike Scott of the Overberg Conservation Services (Undated)

Further reading

A Fortune Through My Fingers Jack Carstens (Howard Timmins, 1962)

A History Of Copper Mining In Namaqualand John M Smallberger (Scholtz Trust, 1975)

A History Of The Stephan Family Of The Western Cape Eric Rosenthal (Unpublished, 1955)

Baai Van Diamante (Bay Of Diamonds) Pieter Coetzer (Nasionale Boekdrukkery, 1997)

Bay Between The Mountains Arderne Tredgold (Human & Rousseau, 1985)

Camp Life And Sport In South Africa TJ Lucas (Africana Book Society, 1975)

Currents Of Contrast: Life In Southern Africa’s Two Oceans Thomas Peschak (Struik, 2005)

Dawn At Dyer Jan Fourie (Self-Published, 2002)

Discovering Southern Africa TV Bulpin (Self-Published, 1970)

Eccentric South Africa Pat Hopkins (Zebra, 2001)

Fishing For Fortunes Robin Lees (Purnell, 1969)

Frontiers Noel Mostert (Pimlico, 1993)

Hilda’s Diary Of A Cape Housekeeper Hildagonda J Duckitt (Macmillan SA, 1978)

Historical Simon’s Town BB Brock and BG Brock (Eds) with collaboration of HC Willis for the ST Historical Society (AA Balkema, 1976)

A joyous visual celebration of seaside life in South Africa.

In The Footsteps Of Eve: The Mystery of Human Origins Lee R Berger with Brett Hilton-Barber (National Geographic Press, 2000)

Labour, Capital And The State In The St Helena Fisheries 1856–1956 Lance van Sittert (UCT Dissertation)

Oceans Of Life Off Southern Africa Andrew Payne and Robert Crawford (Eds) (Vlaeberg, 1989)

Old Four Legs JLB Smith (Longmans, Green & Co, 1956)

On Wings Of Fire Lawrence G Green (Howard Timmins, 1967)

Our Coast For Life Karey Evett (Ed.) (Project Co-Ordination, Undated)

Overberg Odyssey – People, Roads And Early Days Edmund H Burrows (Self-Published, 1994) Simon’s Town Historical Society

Paradise Under Pressure Alan Mountain (Southern Books, 1990)

South African Beachcomber Lawrence G Green (Howard Timmins, 1958)

Swept By Wind And Wave WL Speight (Howard Timmins, Undated)

Tavern Of The Seas Lawrence G Green (Howard Timmins, 1947)

The Absolute Border Alan Jefferies (Self-Published, 2001)

The Caliban Shore: The Fate Of The Grosvenor Castaways Stephen Taylor (Faber & Faber, 2004)

The Dead Will Arise Jeff Peires (Jonathan Ball, 2003)

The False Bay Story Jose Burman (Human & Rousseau, 1977)

The Overberg – Historical Anecdotes SJ du Toit (Self-Published, 2005)

The Truth In Masquerade Jane Meiring (Juta, Undated)

Thunder On The Blaauwberg Lawrence G Green (Howard Timmins, 1966)

To Catch A Whale Terence Wise (Geoffrey Bles Publishers, 1970)

Village Of The Sea: Story Of Hermanus Arderne Tredgold (Human & Rousseau, 1965)