Rhodesian Venture

By Winifred R. Pearce

A young English woman moved to Africa with her husband, a former pilot from the Royal Air Force in 1927. They moved to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to grow tobacco as part of a homesteading program sponsored by the British Government. She gave birth alone in hut, faced crocodiles and hippos and lived in a hut with no electricity or running water. She dealt with crop failure and innuerable punctures to their tire on a 1200 mile journey in a Model T Ford for new opportunities in mining.Her children suffered from malaria and whooping cough, and she asks, "Were we made to set out on this journey?"

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0996488219
• ISBN13: 9780996488211
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Stalbridge Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.6"