Project Gutenberg 2005-10-12 Public domain in the USA. 85 Luckhoff, A. D. (August D.) Luckhoff, August D. Woman's Endurance Reading ease score: 74.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Audrey Longhurst, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Woman's Endurance" by A. D. Luckhoff is a poignant historical account written in the early 20th century. The narrative centers around the experiences of women and children in the Bethulie Concentration Camp during the South African War, focusing on their resilience amid suffering. The book's primary perspective is provided by Luckhoff himself, who serves as a chaplain, offering support and documenting the harrowing realities faced by those in the camp. The opening of "Woman's Endurance" introduces us to the dire conditions within the concentration camp, where Luckhoff begins to keep a diary chronicling his observations and experiences. He arrives to find a camp filled with illness, death, and despair, as many women and children suffer from various diseases, particularly measles and pneumonia. Throughout the initial entries, he details his daily rounds to comfort the sick, facilitate burials, and provide spiritual solace amid overwhelming sorrow. The diary entries convey the heartbreaking stories of loss and the struggle for survival, illustrating the profound emotional toll on individuals as they endure the relentless hardships of life in the camp. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en South African War, 1899-1902 -- Concentration camps -- South Africa -- Bethulie South African War, 1899-1902 -- Concentration camps -- South Africa -- Personal narrativies DT Text Boer War Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 198266 198267 2024-11-07T12:40:59.192982 2023-09-08T03:43:27.259895 text/html text/html 201804 2020-12-12T17:51:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 75072 2020-12-12T17:51:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 149970 2024-11-07T12:41:06.684904 application/epub+zip 151723 2024-11-07T12:41:02.465944 application/epub+zip 135274 2024-11-07T12:41:01.129974 application/epub+zip 318393 2024-11-07T12:41:09.712950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303421 2024-11-07T12:41:05.838946 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 276700 2022-09-08T07:58:16.492692 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170244 170137 2024-11-07T12:40:58.315020 2023-09-08T03:43:26.565888 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 170136 2020-12-12T17:51:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 68609 2020-12-12T17:51:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 170127 2020-12-12T17:51:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 68593 2020-12-12T17:51:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21448 2024-11-07T12:41:09.851888 application/rdf+xml 15988 2024-11-07T12:41:01.701951 image/jpeg 3993 2024-11-07T12:41:01.412964 image/jpeg 148559 2024-11-07T12:40:59.210046 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog