Project Gutenberg 2010-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 126 Reid, Mayne 1818 1883 Mayne-Reid, Captain Reid, Thomas Mayne La Bédollière, Emile de 1812 1883 Bédollière, Émile de la La Bedolliere, Emile de Bédollière, Émile Gigault de la Labédollière, Emile de Labedolliere, Emile de Bédollière, Emile de la The Bush Boys. French Les enfants des bois Produced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Les enfants des bois" by Mayne Reid is a novel likely written in the mid-19th century. The story, set in the English colony of the Cape of Good Hope, follows the life of Hendrik Von Bloom, a former officer turned farmer, and his family as they navigate the challenges of their harsh environment, including conflicts with indigenous peoples and the struggles posed by nature. The themes of survival, resilience, and the relationship between settlers and indigenous cultures appear to be central to the narrative. The opening of the novel introduces us to Hendrik Von Bloom, a boor (farmer) who has a rich backstory, including his previous life as an officer in a Dutch regiment. Now living beyond the Orange River with his three sons and his daughter Gertrude, the family faces the difficulties of farming in a harsh landscape made more challenging by the loss of much of their livestock due to the changing political climate and natural disasters. As they work to rebuild their lives, the arrival of a devastating migration of locusts threatens their meager harvest, prompting a desperate search for sustenance while weaving in elements of family dynamics and the looming threat of wild animals in their isolated world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Camping -- Juvenile fiction Brothers -- Juvenile fiction Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction Big game hunting -- Juvenile fiction Africa, Southern -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text FR Jeunesse Category: Adventure Category: Novels 506904 2025-08-13T12:29:48.967229 text/html 495166 2010-08-03T11:22:08 text/html 260637 2025-08-13T12:29:56.668145 application/epub+zip 266592 2025-08-13T12:29:51.001185 application/epub+zip 262209 2025-08-13T12:29:49.756173 application/epub+zip 495193 2025-08-13T12:30:01.125135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 467648 2025-08-13T12:29:55.876191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 427942 2022-09-15T09:19:25.244721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 474144 2025-08-13T12:29:48.031177 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 473981 2010-08-03T11:22:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 462082 2010-08-03T11:22:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23085 2025-08-13T12:30:01.264168 application/rdf+xml 13376 2025-08-13T12:29:50.275176 image/jpeg 3502 2025-08-13T12:29:50.022165 image/jpeg 176580 2010-08-03T11:23:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 174768 2010-08-03T11:23:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 185663 2010-08-03T11:23:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 253316 2025-08-13T12:29:49.011184 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia