Project Gutenberg 2007-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 83 Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) 1825 1894 Ballantyne, Robert Michael The Settler and the Savage Reading ease score: 65.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England "The Settler and the Savage" by R. M. Ballantyne is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The book follows the adventures of Charlie Considine, a young man navigating the challenges of early 19th century South Africa, as he finds himself lost on the wild karroo and encounters both a friendly settler and various indigenous peoples. The novel explores themes of survival, camaraderie, and the harsh realities faced by settlers during this tumultuous period. At the start of the book, Charlie Considine is depicted as a solitary and lost youth traversing the desolate karroo. After two days without food or water, he meets Hans Marais, a Dutch farmer, who provides him with much-needed sustenance and companionship. Their interaction reveals the precariousness of frontier life and hints at the underlying tensions between settlers and the indigenous Kafirs. As the two young men forge a bond during their meal, they discuss their backgrounds and establish plans for future journeys, highlighting the mix of hope and uncertainty that pervades settler life in this challenging new land. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Friendship -- Juvenile fiction Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile fiction Natural history -- Juvenile fiction Slavery -- Juvenile fiction Outdoor life -- Juvenile fiction South Africa -- Juvenile fiction Hunting -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Fiction Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 575809 575810 2024-10-09T11:41:20.199077 2023-09-10T03:53:22.124813 text/html text/html 588828 2007-06-06T14:52:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 213188 2007-06-06T14:52:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 290447 2024-10-09T11:41:29.327563 application/epub+zip 298079 2024-10-09T11:41:22.689041 application/epub+zip 298079 2024-10-09T11:41:21.224059 application/epub+zip 521439 2024-10-09T11:41:34.185499 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 509846 2024-10-09T11:41:28.386544 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469776 2022-09-10T08:49:20.841321 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 554273 554248 2024-10-09T11:41:19.254122 2023-09-10T03:53:21.348796 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 554113 2007-06-06T14:52:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 216320 2007-06-06T14:52:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21401 2024-10-09T11:41:34.418486 application/rdf+xml 13227 2024-10-09T11:41:21.779054 image/jpeg 3783 2024-10-09T11:41:21.503047 image/jpeg 282251 2024-10-09T11:41:20.251061 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 en.wikipedia