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Trekking With Coenraad de Buys

September 12, 2021, by JimC

Podcast #17 is up. This one tells the tale of the larger-than-life 18th Century Boer frontiersman Coenraad de Buys: Hunter, trekker, rebel, lover of multitudes of native women, founder of his own distinct tribe. 

Coenraad de Buys really is an avatar for borderlands history  — a living example of the principles the great historian Pekka Hämäläinen (The Comanche Empire; Lakota America) laid out: spatial mobility, situational identity, local contingency, and the ambiguities of power.

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Comments

  1. Matthew says

    September 12, 2021 at 1:33 pm

    Great podcast, Jim. De Buys seems like he stepped out of a novel because he was so larger than life.

    Reply
  2. Paul+McNamee says

    September 13, 2021 at 7:16 am

    Fascinating stuff.

    Reply
  3. Robert Deis says

    September 14, 2021 at 1:27 pm

    Another great episode. Kudos!

    Reply
    • JimC says

      September 14, 2021 at 2:44 pm

      Thank you. Appreciate your support.

      Reply
  4. Chas S Clifton says

    September 18, 2021 at 5:38 pm

    Always good to see Pekka Hämäläinen cited. His books have done a lot for me.

    Reply
  5. David Wrolson says

    September 19, 2021 at 12:22 pm

    I waited till I was done with “Red Dog” to listen to the podcast. I had actually understood more from the book than I thought I might (LOL).

    Re-Borderlands-have you seen this one?

    “Beneath the Backbone of the World: Blackfoot People and the North American Borderlands 1720-1877.”

    I think I have Mostert’s “Frontiers” somewhere in the great unread area that is my TBR universe-I may be able to find it as I try to narrow down where it might be.

    Reply
    • JimC says

      September 19, 2021 at 12:46 pm

      “Red Dog” was a trip, wasn’t it? I had not heard about the Blackfoot book. That’s probably be a must-get.

      Reply
  6. Christian Parkinson says

    September 21, 2021 at 11:45 am

    An excellent episode. I am currently reading the life of Moshoeshoe who was the founder of the Basotho nation – if I come across any great frontier characters I’ll let you know.

    Reply
    • JimC says

      September 21, 2021 at 11:56 am

      Thank you. Please share what you find. So many chiefs and kings navigating complete upheaval.

      Reply

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