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    The Washing Of The Spears by Donald R. Morris, Mangosuthu Buthelezi (Introduction)

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    • Pub. Date: September 1998
    • 696pp
    • Sales Rank: 308,380

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      • Pub. Date: September 1998
      • Publisher: Da Capo Press
      • Format: Paperback, 696pp
      • Sales Rank: 308,380

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      "Filled with colorful characters, dramatic battles like Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift, and an inexorable narrative momentum, this unsurpassed history details the sixty-year existence of the world's mig"

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      "This masterpiece of readable scholarship remains... the definitive account of the Zulu nation... . An amazing book."The Washington Post

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      The definitive account of the Zulu nation. . . . An amazing book.

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      Donald R. Morris, a graduate of Annapolis, served in the Navy and later in the CIA. In addition to two novels, he has written columns and articles for theHouston Post, Atlantic Monthly, American Heritage, Proceedings, and the Encyclopedia Britannica, among others. He lives in Houston, Texas, where he publishes the Donald R. Morris Newsletter.

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      February 13, 2001: To anyone interested in Southern African history, this book is a must. The author has written this history of the Zulu nation in such an interesting way that it is hard to put it down until the last page has been read.