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Ek is besig om Sonja Loots se interessante historiese roman, Sirkusboere, te lees. Dit is 95% waar en gaan oor Piet Cronjé en Ben Viljoen se besoek en hul optrede in die Boere-oorlog “sirkus” by die “fair” in St Louis in 1904.
Dit was omtrent ’n affêre soos hier gesien kan word. Daar was Electricity World met Thomas Alva Edison en al die ander wonders van die nuwe tyd. Op die webblad word dit so uitgedruk:
Think for a moment about the world of 1904. The Wright Brothers' famous flight at Kitty Hawk occurred the previous year. Gasoline-powered automobiles, motion pictures, and the "wonder drug" aspirin were introduced to the public only 10 years before. Electric lighting and telephones were less than 25 years old, and still a novelty only read about by most Americans. Food was stored in ice boxes, and the horse-drawn ice wagon was a familiar site.
Ook:
The Boer War was fought twice daily for the 'amusement' of the spectators.
Wat ’n kultuurskok was dit nie vir Piet Cronjé nie!
Groete
Jacobus