President Paul Kruger

The author of this biography of Stephanus Johannes Paulus ("Paul") Kruger is Johannes Meintjes, one of South Africa's most accomplished authors, who was also a highly regarded artist and sculptor. (Meintjes also penned biographies of Louis Botha, Pres Steyn, Genl De La Rey, Cmdt-general Joubert and Gideon Scheepers).

The book contains a detailed description of Kruger's life, and is divided into 20 different phases ("Young Paul", "On Trek", "The Young Farmer", "The Young Warrior", "The first Presidency" etc.)

Notes, a bibliography, complete index as well as 25 photos and 2 cartoons of that era are also included.

Click here to view the Preface.

Click here to view the contents page and a list of the illustrations.

Format: Downloadable PDF (±9mb, zipped)