The Special Collections Book of the Week this week is:

South African Eden: the Kruger National Park 1902-1946 by James Stevenson-Hamilton

South African Eden is the fascinating story of the Kruger National Park told by its founding architect, James Stevenson-Hamilton. In 1902, the Sabi and Singwitsi game reserves in the eastern Transvaal were breeding grounds for malaria and stock disease. They were also over-populated with lion, seriously depleted of other game and constantly threatened by poachers. This book describes a battle fought by one stubborn, audacious man of vision and a handful of supporters against the popular view that land was for farming and wild animals were for hunting, and tells how a worthless wilderness area was transformed into South Africa’s principal wildlife asset – The Kruger National Park.

Access: https://univofpretoria.on.worldcat.org/oclc/29593678

This book is available at Special Collections, housed on level 5 of the Merensky 2 Library, and is part of our Africana (ZA) Collection.

The Special Collections unit of the Department of Library Services plays a stewardship role in the acquisition and preservation of the Library's rare and valuable information resources, making t hem accessible to students, staff and researchers, as well as safeguarding them for future generations.