The Claw
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About This Book
A story of South Africa in which the lure of the far off land is as a claw that drags men to her and fastens into their hearts forever. The heroine is a spirited girl of eighteen, who, though born under the stars and stripes, has Irish blood in her veins and an Irish love of adventure. She penetrates to Mashonaland where her bravery is grimly taxed in the presence of tragedy brought about by an uprising among the savage Matabele warriors. She learns of life; she learns the treachery of love; she learns what the spirit of hope can do for a submerged community.A sometimes and marginally supernat...
Chapters (45)
- Cynthia Stockley "The Claw"
- Chapter One.
- Part One—The Skies Call.
- Chapter Two.
- The River Calls.
- Chapter Three.
- Cats’ Calls.
- Chapter Four.
- The Sun Calls.
- Chapter Five.
- The Heart Calls.
- Chapter Six.
- Love Calls.
- Chapter Seven.
- War Calls.
- Chapter Eight.
- Faith Calls.
- Chapter Nine.
- Despair Calls.
- Chapter Ten.
- Charity Calls.
- Chapter Eleven.
- The Children Call.
- Chapter Twelve.
- Duty Calls.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- Defeat Calls.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- The Witch Calls.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Part Two—What Australian Gold Achieved.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- What a May Day Saw.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- What a Jeweller Made.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- What the Dawn Heard.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- What a Goad Performed.
- Chapter Twenty.
- What a Vulture Told.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- What the Knuckle-Bone of a Sheep Did.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- What the Hills Hid.
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