{"product_id":"bill-and-alice-in-africa-w-c-latimer-9780975657270","title":"Bill and Alice in Africa 1952 - 1959","description":"When New Zealand adventurer Bill Latimer got the chance to work in Africa in 1952 he jumped at it. He and mate George had been travelling around the world in search of adventure when they hatched a plan to go to Africa. In London and after a few obstacles, they managed to get jobs through the Union Corporation working in South Africa. In 1953 Bill then signed up for a permanent job with the Northern Rhodesian Public Works Department in Lusaka. This was a job that suited him well, travelling throughout Northern Rhodesia in a Land Rover with a work force of natives and living rough. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a permanent job and marriage on his mind Bill wrote to his Australian pen friend Alice proposing she come to Africa and marry him. As Alice had only seen Bill in person for less than a week it was perhaps surprising that she agreed!\u003cbr\u003eAfter a 3,000 kilometre honeymoon drive from Cape Town to central Africa, Alice conquered her culture shock and began to write weekly letters home to her mother giving remarkably detailed accounts of her and Bill's life in Northern Rhodesia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnbeknown to Bill and Alice they were recording the last years of Northern Rhodesia's existence - a life and culture about to disappear. In 1964 Britain withdrew the Colonial Service from Northern Rhodesia and Zambia was born. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis fascinating book will have you fully immersed in 1950s colonial African life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBooks in the \u003ci\u003eBill and Alice Series\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBill and Alice in Australia and Britain 1949 -1959\u003cbr\u003eBill and Alice in a Courtship without Kisses\u003cbr\u003eBill and Alice in Africa 1952 - 1959\u003cbr\u003eBill and Alice at Home in Northern Rhodesia 1954 - 1959\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. C. Latimer,A. H. Latimer,Lorraine R. Latimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0975657275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780975657270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lorraine R Latimer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"W. C. Latimer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001062465791,"sku":"9780975657270","price":20.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bill-and-alice-in-africa-w-c-latimer-9780975657270","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}