(the initials WS refer to Wilbur Smith)
Achebe, Chinua, 313
Achilles, 183
Africa:
romance of, 35
safari hunting in, 3–4
African buffalo, see Cape buffalo
An African Journal (Hemingway), 185
African National Congress (ANC), 97, 206, 210, 212, 215, 217, 224
Ali Kamel Fahmy Bey, Prince, 232
All Blacks, 222
Alty, Dr. Thomas, 72–3
ANC Youth League, 212
Andrews, Jacobus Michael Charles, 215
The Angels Weep (Smith), 200, 255
apartheid (see also Mandela, Nelson):
and Botha, 209
end of, and positive changes for WS, 217
and PAC, 96–7
and Springboks, 221–2
stigma of, 221
taint of, 131
WS decides to tackle, 207
As You Like It (Shakespeare), 71
Bailey, Col., 225
Baker, Stanley, 143
Barnard, Dr. Christian, 218
Barrow, 255
Barry (friend), 42–53, 54, 57, 178–9
Battle of Britain, 126–7, 132, 204
bears, 248–52
Beckett, Samuel, 295
Belloc, Hilaire, 315
Ben Gurion, David, 135
Beyers, Justice, 97–8
Big Hole, 93
Biggles (Johns), 32, 34, 126, 312
Biko, Steve, 209
Birds of Prey (Smith), 172–3, 274, 277, 283
Black Consciousness Movement, 209
Black Hawk Down, 285
Blair, Tony, 218
Bono, 218
Botha, Boots, 112, 113, 115–18
Botha, P. W., 209
Boyun, Joy Gould, 150
Bradbury, Ray, 26
British South Africa Police, 202–4
Brown, Jim, 145
Buchan, John, 35
Bunting, Brian, 96
Bureau of State Security (BOSS), 216–17
Burmese Days (Orwell), 296
Burnham, Frederick Russell, 200
The Burning Shore (Smith), 115, 158, 173, 207, 304–5
TV film of, see Mountain of Diamonds
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 26
Butler, Colin, 27
Bvumba, 163
Canby, Vincent, 150
Cannery Row (Steinbeck), 263
Cap Colibri:
first sight of, 273
Cardiff, Jack, 145
Carlin, John, 218
Central African Republic, 182, 219
Cerf Island (see also Seychelles):
fish off, 278
memories attached to, 278
secret of, 273–4
Charles Pick Consultancy, 305 (see also Pick, Charles)
Choy, Capt. Cornelius, 256
Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians’ Union (ACTT), 147, 152
City of the Dead, 234
Cleland, John, 96
Cloete, Stuart, 103–4
Cohen, David, 270
Cold War, 208–9
Cordwalles boarding school, 58–62 (see also Smith, Wilbur: schooldays of)
library of, 60
WS enrolled at, 58
WS’s form prize at, 61–2
Cry Wolf (Smith), 105
Currey, Hillary, 109–19
Damon, Matt, 218
The Dark of the Sun (Smith), 83, 100, 201, 253, 308
banning of, 100
and censorship relaxation, 104
and cinema, 145
launched in US, 253
de Klerk, F. W., 209, 214, 224
Dean, James, 264
Democratic Republic of Congo, 219
The Diamond Hunters (Smith), 118, 159, 163
and cinema, 94
as mini-series, 158
research for, 92–3
diamonds:
creation of, 93
and WS’s research, 92
Dickens, Monica, 297
Diemont, Justice, 97–8
Doubleday Bookstore, 303–4
Douglas-Reid, Sir Archibald, 232
Drysdale, Andrew, 133
In Dubious Battle (Steinbeck), 263
Duncan, G., 98
Duncan, Patrick, 96
Eagle in the Sky (Smith), 105, 131, 133, 253
and Israel, 137–8
launched in US, 253
release and success of, 144
WS’s screenplay for, 156
East of Eden (Steinbeck), 263
Eastwood, Clint, 218
Egyptian Museum, 234–5
El Alamein, 236
Elephant Song (Smith), 188, 189–90
Endurance, 120
England, Edward, 275
Equity, 148
The Eye of the Tiger (Smith), 118, 144, 237, 272
A Falcon Flies (Smith), 199, 200
Fanny Hill (Cleland), 96
Faure Williamson, A., 101
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 263
fishing-boat work, 109–17
Fitzpatrick, James Percy, 38, 144
Forbes, Mr. (teacher), 60–2
Forde, Dudley, 69–70
Forester, C. S., 21, 26, 35, 62, 67, 312
Forever Amber (Winsor), 60
Forsyth, Frederick, 304
Freeman, Morgan, 218
Geldof, Bob, 218
Gerhard, Dieter, 213
Get Carter, 144
Giza, 235
glasnost, 208
Globe, 224
The Gods First Make Mad (Smith—rejected novel), 22, 23, 25, 26, 223, 295
Golan Heights, 137
Gold, 147, 151, 152, 156 (see also Gold Mine)
and censors, 149
and critics, 156
released, 149
Gold Mine (Smith), 79, 85, 91, 92, 94, 144, 149, 159, 163, 253
and bestseller lists, 147
censors pleased by, 104
and cinema, see Gold
launched in US, 253
Golden Fox (Smith), 173, 210–13, 222, 309
Golding, William, 313
Gone with the Wind (Mitchell), 313
Goodyear Tire and Rubber, 76
Gordimer, Nadine, 222–3
Gordon Davis, John, 82–3
Gould, George Jay, 232
The Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck), 263
Great Zimbabwe, 161–3, 164, 166, 231
Green Hills of Africa (Hemingway), 189, 263
Grey, Zane, 312
Haggard, H. Rider, ii, 7, 21, 35, 162, 166, 200, 243, 312
Halt All Racist Tours (HART), 221–4
Harry Potter . . . (Rowling), 313
Hassan, Muhammad Abdullah, 285
Hawaii, 256
Hawkins, Jack, 151
Hector, 183
Hemingway, Ernest, xi, 4, 21, 62, 185, 186, 189, 226, 258, 263, 291, 310, 312
on writing, 310
Henderson, Chick, 64
Herbert, George (Lord Carnarvon), 231–2
“High Flight” (Magee), 11
Hillary, Richard, 127
HJ Smith and Son, 179
Hodges, Mike, 144
Hold My Hand I’m Dying (Gordon Davis), 83
Holm, Ian, 154
Hungry as the Sea (Smith), 123
hunting, 185–93
and ancient Greeks and Romans, 186
and conservation, 4, 182, 186, 193
Hemingway on, 189
impulse, 6
as part of ecosystem, 185
as way of life, 37
in WS’s books, 188–90
WS’s grandfather on, 188
“If” (Kipling), 312
Inglourious Basterds, 146
Introduction to Modern English and American Literature (Maugham), 62
Invictus, 218
Inyanga Mountains, 81–2, 83–4, 189, 201, 308
Israel, 134–9
Jean-Claude (boatman), 278, 283, 284
Jock of the Bushveld (Fitzpatrick), 38, 144
Johannesburg gold mines:
and education, 90–1
and racial harmony, 148
and WS’s research, 79–92
Johannesburg Star, 149
John Ross, 123
Johnson, Boris, 242
Judith (estate manageress), 267, 271–2
Just William (Crompton), 32, 34, 312
Kafue River, 29, 31, 45, 111, 126, 130, 132, 169, 178
Kalahari, 233
King, Larry, 76
King Solomon’s Mines (Haggard), 32
King, Stephen, 314
Kingfisher, 112–21
Kipling, Rudyard, 184, 309, 312
Klinger, Michael, 143–4, 147, 148, 151, 152, 166
kudu antelope, 4, 45–6, 47, 49, 187, 227, 228
Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Lawrence), 312
L’Amour, Louis, 312
Lanner falcon, 43
Las Vegas, 252–3
The Last Enemy (Hillary), 127
Lawrence, D. H., 312
Lawrence, Steven, 25–6
Lee, Sky-High, 76–7
Leibrandt, Robey, 207
The Leopard Hunts in Darkness (Smith), 108, 196, 197–8, 200, 205, 206–7, 255
JS sells, 282
Levasseur, Olivier, 274–6, 283
Lord, Dick, 133
Lord of the Flies (Golding), 313
Luangwa Valley, 12–13
Lubowski, Anton, 213
Luderitz, 93
Luftwaffe, 126
Madiba, see Mandela, Nelson
Madikizela-Mandela, Winnie, 211
Madonsela, Thuli, 183
Magee, John Gillespie, 11
Mailer, Norman, 288
becomes president, 209
illness and death of, 220
released, 131, 209, 210, 218, 224
and Rugby World Cup, 218
steps down from presidency, 210
Mandela United FC, 212
Mandela, Winnie, see Madikizela-Mandela, Winnie
Manderson, Tim, 297
Margo, Cecil, 134
Marvin, Lee, 147, 151, 152, 155–9, 256
Matoka, Peter Jr., 42
Matoka, Peter Sr., 15–16, 18, 42, 169
Maugham, W. Somerset, 62
Men of Men (Smith), 200
The Mercenaries, 145–6 (see also The Dark of the Sun)
Michaelhouse school, 58–70, 109, 160 (see also Smith, Wilbur: schooldays of)
cycle of violence in, 64–5
and sporting distinctions, 69
WS enrolled at, see Smith, Wilbur: schooldays of
WS establishes magazine at, 66
Mimieux, Yvette, 145
Mitchell, James, 242–3
Mitchell, Margaret, 313
Mobutu Sese Seko, 219
Moffat, John, 200
Moffat Mission, 199–200
Moffat, Robert, 200
‘The Monarch of the Ilungu’ (Smith), 317–19
“The Monarch of the Ilungu” (Smith), 61–2, 298
reproduced as appendix, 317–19
Moore, Luisa, 152
Moore, Roger, 147–8, 149, 150–1, 152–4, 156, 159
Morley, Sheridan, 144
Mountain of Diamonds, 158
Mugabe, Robert, 201, 205, 216, 219
Müller, Siegfried, 145
Namib Desert, 109, 164, 207, 233
Natal Mounted Rifles, 38
National Steinbeck Center, 263–4
News Hour, 222
modern dam across, 235–7
Niven, Cecily, 144
Nofal, Emil, 145
The Old Man and the Sea (Hemingway), 62, 258
“On Flinders’ Face” (Smith), 25–8, 92
Ord, George, 250
Ossewa Brandwag, 225
Page, Geoffrey, 128
Palestine, 136
Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), 96–7, 206
Pelser, Quintus, 105
Perelman, S. J., 26
Pick, Charles, 56, 100, 104, 131, 143, 159, 221, 253, 296–300, 305
as WS’s agent, 305–6
Pick, Martin, 299
Pienaar, Francois, 218
Playboy, 96
Playing the Enemy (Carlin), 218
political correctness, 182
The Power of the Sword (Smith), 207
Prebble, John, 143
Rage (Smith), 195, 207–11, 213, 221–4
Rakhimova, Mokhiniso, see Smith, Niso
Rand Daily Mail, 96
Rand Easter Show, 76
Redford, Robert, 254
Rhodes, Cecil, 200
Rhodes University, 71–5 passim, 82, 109, 118 (see also Smith, Wilbur: university life of)
Rhodesia, see Zimbabwe
Rhodesian Bush War, 189, 196, 202
Rhodesian Front, 83
Rhodesian Special Forces, 189
Richardson, Jerry, 211–12
The Rise of the South African Reich (Bunting), 96
River God (Smith), 239–43, 277
The Road to Wigan Pier (Orwell), 87
Robben Island, 97, 206, 208, 211
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR), 182
Rowling, J. K., 313
Rugby World Cup, 218
Rumpff, F., 101
Sacks, Aaron, 135–6
Safmarine, 123
Saint Phalle, Therese de, 299
Salk, Dr Jonas, 69
Santa Lucia Mountains, 262
Sapper, Alan, 147–8
Scorsese, Martin, 146
Scott, Robert Falcon, 120
Seipei, Stompie, 212
The Seventh Scroll (mini-series), 158
The Seventh Scroll (Smith), 241–2
Seychelles:
and buried treasure, 274
Cerf Island in, see main entry
as JS’s getaway, 272
Shackleton, Ernest, 120
Shakespeare, William, 71, 180, 224, 281, 312
“The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” (Hemingway), 62
Shout at the Devil (Smith), 84, 86, 146, 159, 163
and cinema, 144, 146, 151–2, 159
Sinai Peninsular, 137
Siqele, Gladys, 213–14
Slabbert, Jewell (second wife), see Smith, Jewell
Smith, Adrienne (sister), 16, 17, 30, 161, 162
Smith, Courtney James (grandfather):
clasp knife of, 59
described, 37
elephant hunt described by, 7–8
as fountain of stories, 37–9
Natal home of, 37
in Witwatersrand gold rush, 6
in Zulu War, 6
Smith, Elfreda (mother):
Anglicanism of, 245
death of, 245
described, 34
and Great Zimbabwe, 161–3, 231
Herbert meets, 33
and horses, 34
library of, 34
remains of, and those Herbert, 245–6
resilience of, 288
and school violence, 65
and watercolor painting, 34
and wonders of nature, 34
WS provides home for, 179, 205
and WS’s early reading, 21, 34, 35
and WS’s introduction to literature, 245
and WS’s school choice, 57–8
Smith, Herbert (father):
and aviation, 11
and bad calls on stock market, 179
and books, 32
boxing by, 174–6
business set up with WS by, 179
death of, 180–1
described, 31
and discipline, fairness and justice, 178
Elfreda meets, 33
first fortune made by, 29–30
at Great Zimbabwe, 160–3
hunt preparation by, 13–14
and hunting as way of life, 35, 37
hunting licenses of, 188
idleness disdained by, 125
knockdowns encountered by, 25
and a man’s role in society, 182
and mines’ reopening, 31
practical nature of, 12
and rampaging lions, 14–19
ranch sold by, 179
remains of, and those Elfreda, 245–6
Salisbury move of, 22
store chain established by, 31
Tiger Moth plane of, 13, 50, 132–3
and ventilation piping, 177
WS provides home for, 179, 205
WS’s abiding moment with, 181
WS’s book as epitaph for, 173
and WS’s first child, 181
and WS’s first lion kill, 171
and WS’s first rifle (heirloom), 6, 36–7
and WS’s first rifle (new), 172
and WS’s first shot animal, 44
on WS’s marriages, 205
and WS’s school choice, 58
Smith, Jewell (née Slabbert) (second wife), 205
Smith, Niso (fourth wife), 245, 282–3, 290–1, 292–3
and Ireland, 292–3
and JS’s diving, 282
and skiing, 290–1
WS meets, 279
Smith, Sandi, 264
Smith (When the Lion Feeds), BBC serializes, 95
Smith, Wilbur:
and alcohol, 74–5
becomes full-time writer, 81
birth of, 29–30
as British South Africa Police reserve, 202
cerebral malaria suffered by, 29
cigarette smoking, 67
debut novel of, see When the Lion Feeds
disfigured neighbor of, 127–30, 131–2
diving by, 267–72
diving quit by, 282
and dynamite experience, 177–9
and Eagle film script, 156–7
and early hunts, 12–19, 190 (see also Smith, Herbert: and rampaging lions)
early reading by, 32–6, 59–61, 311
early writing urges of, 21
essay form prize for, 61 (see also Smith, Wilbur: schooldays of)
father sets up business with, 179
first advance payment sent to, 80
first divorce of, 22
first job of, 75–6
first lions killed by, 171
first new rifle owned by (new), 172
first rifle owned by (heirloom), 6, 36–7
first step into writing by, at school, 61
and fishing-boat work, 109, 111–18
flying by, 132–4, 139–41 (see also Smith, Herbert: Tiger Moth plane of)
flying quit by, 141
Ford car bought by, 73
and gambling, 75
and Gold film script, 147
income of, 174
and Ireland, 292–3
Jewell marries, 205
and lost jeep, 46–9
and love for written word, 22–3
marriage of, first, 76
Niso marries, 281 (see also Smith, Niso)
novels of, listed in series, iii (see also individual titles)
only original film script by, 151
parents given a home by, 179, 205
pilot’s license acquired by, 132
racism abhorred by, 222
‘Racist of the Year’ award offered to, 222
Reader’s Digest prints novel of, 80, 95
and rejection letters, 22, 23, 296
rock climbing discovered by, 26
Salisbury move of, 22
school magazine begun by, 66
schooldays of, 57–69 (see also Cordwalles boarding school; Michaelhouse school)
screenplay commissioned from, 144–5
sister of, see Smith, Adrienne
Steven Lawrence pseudonym of, 25–6
tax-assessor work of, 22, 24, 174, 308
Tribune article of, 69
writing debut of, see “On Flinders’ Face”
on writing process, 306–14
Somalia, 285–7
The Sound of Thunder (Smith), 84, 118, 144, 201, 253
launched in US, 253
South Africa (see also Mandela, Nelson):
bullying in boarding schools of, 69
criminal violence in, 215
general election 1994 in, 214
glasnost’s effects on, 208–9
and Gold filming, 147–8
and ‘gravy train’, 220
and Israeli Air Force, 134
Mandela becomes president of, 209
and Rugby World Cup, 218
TV service introduced in, 105
WS books banned by, and appeals, see individual titles
South African Rugby Board, 218
A Sparrow Falls (Smith), banning of and appeal concerning, 104–8
Spear of the Nation, 97
Spies, Karen, 151
Spud (van de Ruit), 64
St Anne’s School, 66
Stallone, Sylvester, 197
Star of South Africa, 93
Steinbeck, John, 26, 226, 252, 259, 262–4, 312
Stewart, Andrew, 104
Steyn, L. C., 100–1
Steyner, Terry, 149
Strydom, Barend, 213
Summer Harvest (Swindell), 221
The Sunbird (Smith), 144, 164–7, 231, 239, 265, 285
Sunbird Hill, 167
Sunday Tribune, 69
Swindell, Madge, 221
Tarantino, Quentin, 146
Tass, 96
Taylor, John, 275
Taylor, Larry, 154–5
Teba, 90
Tel Aviv, 135–8
Telegraph, 150
The Tempest (Shakespeare), 281
“tenderpreneurs?”, 220
Terre’Blanche, Eugene, 209
Thatcher, Margaret, 288–9
Things Fall Apart (Achebe), 313
Those in Peril (Smith), 286–90
and bestseller lists, 289
A Time to Die (Smith), 151, 188–9
Todd, James Cameron, 63
Top Gun, 133
Tortilla Flat (Steinbeck), 263
Tough Guys Don’t Dance (Mailer), 288
The Train from Katanga (Smith), see The Dark of the Sun
Trans Namib railway, 110
Trask, Cal, 264
Travels with Charley (Steinbeck), 264
Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 214
Turning Wheels (Cloete), 103
Ulysses, 183
uMkhonto we Sizwe, 97
unilateral declaration of independence (UDI), 83, 201, 202, 204, 216 (see also under Zimbabwe)
USA:
WS’s love affair with, 253
WS’s visits to, 253
Valley of the Kings, 229, 236, 253
van de Ruit, John, 64
Verwoerd, Hendrik, 208
Viking Press, 81
Volume 2 (Duncan), 96
Vorster, V. J., 224–5
Wall Street Journal, 150
Walvis Bay, 110, 111, 115–17, 173
The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter (Bell), 191
Warlock (Smith), 243
Wenela, 90
Western Deep Levels Gold Mine Company, 84, 85
Whaling Company, 119
whaling-trawler work, 119–23
When the Lion Feeds (Smith), iv, 29, 55–6, 80–5, 92, 160, 172–3, 180, 188, 201, 211, 226, 233, 262, 269, 296, 312
Appellate Division finding on, 100–1
ban and appeals concerning, 95–102
and censorship relaxation, 102, 104
and cinema, 143
contract for, 105
French interest in, 299
and grandfather’s name, 38, 55
launched in US, 253
legal but pyrrhic victory, 102
publisher accepts, 56
Reader’s Digest prints, 80–1, 95
reviews of, 104
and screen rights, 143
Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation, iv
Wild Justice (mini-series), 158
William Heinemann, 56, 80–1, 296
and Lion contract, 103
South Africa banning, 95–6
and Sparrow ban, 104
Winsor, Kathleen, 60
Witt, Elmo, 151
Witwatersrand gold rush, 6, 38, 42, 55, 84–5, 137, 262
Witwatersrand Native Labour Association, 90
Wolraad Woltemade, 123
World War I, 31, 103, 104, 298
World War II, 63, 126–8, 145, 236, 278
and WS’s disfigured neighbor, 127–30, 131–2
World Wildlife Foundation (WWF), 193
Wright, Orville, 11
Wright, Wilbur, 11
Wykham Collegiate, 66
Xhosa, 206
Yosemite National Park, 260
Zambezi Valley, 12
Zimbabwe African National Union, 201
Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia):
and Bush War, 189, 196–7, 200, 202, 203, 205
death throes of, as Rhodesia, 199
formation of, after Rhodesia, 201
and Great Zimbabwe, 161–3
and independence, 83, 179, 201–2
WS books banned by, 100, 108, 205
WS’s urge to write about, 199
Zulu, 143
Zululand, 38
Zuma, Jacob, 183