This vivid account chronicles how railway foreman August?Stauch inadvertently triggered a diamond rush in the Namibian desert. Levinson brings to life the feverish scramble for fortune amid colonial intrigue, dramatic figures and harsh landscapes. Through human drama, ambition and ruin, the book illuminates the riseand fallof both a pioneering prospector and a fledgling diamond industry.
Format:
Hardcover, cloth bound, with dust jacket
Publisher:
Tafelberg Publishers