Buy this book on-line GAERDES, Johan Hinrich : A 25 Line Typed Letter in Afrikaans, Signed and Dated 26 September 1968, Together with the Original Envelope
Gaerdes writes to Dr Sandler to inform him that there are no copies of his article "Ueber Sudwestafrikanischer Pfeilgifte" available; he sent his only manuscript copy to Prof. Watt. There have been numerous queries on this subject; the article was the result of 50 years research. If really interested in the work he will answer questions, but at 80 years of age time in short. Gaerdes, Jan * 15.04.1889 at Vegesack, Germany + .1981 at Swakopmund First entry to Namibia: 1913 --- Jan Gaerdes was born on 15.04.1889 in Vegesack near Bremen in Germany, in a family of sailors and peasants, and was trained as a pharmacist. He came to Namibia in 1913, worked as a farm assistant, and served as German soldier in Namibia in World War I. He worked in many different odd jobs, building wells and dams, as a pharmacist, storekeeper, filming assistant, etc; with firms such as Sam Cohen, CDM, OMEG, Northern Labour Organisation. He farmed on Kalidona, which he leased in 1925 and finally bought in 1940. Gaerdes' love was hunting and zoology, and he wrote a number of articles on the status of game in Namibia. He died in 1981 at Swakopmund. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of GAERDES, Johan Hinrich : A 25 Line Typed Letter in Afrikaans, Signed and Dated 26 September 1968, Together with the Original Envelope. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including atlases, libri antichi, livres d'occasion, out-of-print books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |