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Book Author: Kramer, Patricia & Proust, Alain Year: 2021 Title: Hidden Karoo Place: Cape Town Publisher: Struik Lifestyle This new book is a stunning collection of photographs by Alain Proust accompanying knowledgeable essays by Patricia Kramer. Patricia knows the Karoo intimately and recently published a book on the corbelled buildings of the Karoo. The book is part of the Hidden series ( Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria have already appeared ). It is a substantial hard cover book, 304 pages with 180 full colour photographs. This is the book to accompany you on a journey to the Karoo and covers such topics as Forts and Blockhouses of the Anglo Boer War, Prince Albert and its gables, the Ostrich palaces of the Karoo, corbelled buildings, the Dutch Reformed churches of the Karoo, Matjiesfontein. A clear map places the different regions of the Karoo in a geographical whole. The rich selection of photographs immediately moves you into this land of stars, rocks, desert, marino sheep and desolation. Let this book take you into the houses , churches, hotels, and farms to discover its hidden treasures. It’s a book that conveys mood , a sense of place and the magical atmosphere of the Karoo. (Kathy Munro, May 2021) Link to WorldCat - find this book in a library near you Buildings linked to this book Bloemhof, 1913, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. pp 84 + ill, 85 ills Drostdy, 1804-1805 : c1970, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. pp 113 +ill Gill College, 1869, KwaNojoli (Somerset East), Eastern Cape. pp 130 +ill Glen Avon watermill, 1822-1823 : 1861, KwaNojoli (Somerset East), Eastern Cape. pp 136 ill, 137 +ill Lord Milner Hotel, c1883, Matjiesfontein, Western Cape. pp 22/23 ill, 25 ill, 24 + ill Mission Church, 1821, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. pp 113 +ill Museum : Drostdy : NG Pastorie, c1820, KwaNojoli (Somerset East), Eastern Cape. pp 131 +ill Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, 1886-1887, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. pp 108-109 +ill Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, 1908, Hanover, Northern Cape. pp 144, 145 ill Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, 1868, Nxuba (Cradock), Eastern Cape. pp 120, 121 ill, 123-124 ill Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, 1865, Prince Albert, Western Cape. pp 67, 69 ill Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk, Zeekoegat, 1906, Prince Albert, Western Cape. pp 74, 75 ill NG Sendingkerk - Mission Church, 1871-1872, Beaufort West, Western Cape. pp 47 + ill Old Gaol, 1895, Willowmore, Eastern Cape. pp 76-77 + ills Owl House, The, n.d., Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape. pp 78, 79 ill, 80 ill, 81 + ill, 82-83 ill Public Library, 1906, Beaufort West, Western Cape. pp 56 ill, 47 Public school for Girls, 1879 : 1898, Beaufort West, Western Cape. pp 46 ill, 47 Reinet House - Old Pastorie - Museum, 1812 : 1952-1956, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. pp 114 ill, 115 St John the Baptist Anglican Church, 1895, Prince Albert, Western Cape. pp 67, 68 ill St Lawrence Anglican Church, n.d., Middelburg, Eastern Cape. pp 97, 98-99 ill Tafelberg Hall, 1899-1900, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. pp 92-93 +ill, 93 +ill, 94 ill Town Hall, 1865, Beaufort West, Western Cape. pp 42, 42-43 ill,44 ill, 45 ill Urquhart House Museum, 1806 - 1821 : 1993, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape. pp 112 ill, 113 Welgeluk, 1910, Oudtshoorn, Western Cape. pp 254, 255 ill, 256 ill, 257 + ill Zeekoegat Farmstead, before 1868, Prince Albert, Western Cape. pp 74, 74-75 ill