Among the many accomplishments of Rhodes was the building a considerable mileage of his proposed Cape-to-Cairo railway. In 1907, when the author travelled over it from the Cape, through Rhodesia and across the Victoria Falls Bridge, the railhead was at Broken Hill. Here and there, beside the line, he observed "a tiny mound, a little clump of stones, a cross of wood .. the human milestones of the Great North Metalled Road." Today, even these 'milestones', the pegs that counted the cost of conquest, have disappeared. This is the story of some of the "..grimy, shrivelled crew" who buit and ran part of Rhodes' railway in the early years of the 20th Century. Hardback, with dustcover - in excellent condition. A must have for the collector of Rhodesiana.

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