Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2010-06-19 Public domain in the USA. 144 Mitford, Bertram 1855 1914 'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir War Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "'Tween Snow and Fire: A Tale of the Last Kafir War" by Bertram Mitford is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. The book likely revolves around the tensions between European settlers and the indigenous Kafir tribes in South Africa, focusing on the conflicts arising from hunting rights and land disputes. The story features characters such as Tom Carhayes, a settler determined to protect his land and game from poachers, and conflicts that arise with the Kafir hunter Goniwe and his companions. The opening of the novel introduces a thrilling scene where Tom Carhayes witnesses a Kafir pursuing a buck with his dogs, leading to an athletic chase across the veldt. Carhayes's frustration mounts as he recognizes the Kafirs’ poaching activities on his property, sparking a fierce desire to intervene. When he confronts the Kafirs, tensions escalate, resulting in a physical confrontation after Carhayes shoots one of the dogs. This conflict hints at larger themes of colonial aggression, cultural friction, and foreshadows the impending war, setting the stage for high-stakes drama and exploration of human nature in extreme circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en South Africa -- History -- Frontier Wars, 1811-1878 -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure 678213 2025-07-13T10:21:22.885005 text/html 699344 2010-06-19T12:14:06 text/html 348177 2025-07-13T10:21:33.822968 application/epub+zip 359277 2025-07-13T10:21:26.780016 application/epub+zip 327784 2025-07-13T10:21:25.322024 application/epub+zip 664857 2025-07-13T10:21:38.959924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 647956 2025-07-13T10:21:32.831984 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 581040 2022-09-15T06:46:58.656069 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 653120 2025-07-13T10:21:21.919082 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 652961 2010-06-19T12:14:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19010 2025-07-13T10:21:39.084920 application/rdf+xml 18479 2025-07-13T10:21:25.848008 image/jpeg 4130 2025-07-13T10:21:25.589021 image/jpeg 251960 2010-06-19T12:14:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 254687 2010-06-19T12:14:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 337876 2025-07-13T10:21:22.937035 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia