Norman Robert McKeown Norman Robert McKeown i(A32137 works by) (a.k.a. Norman McKeown)
Also writes as: Norman Giles
Born: Established: 1879 Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1947 Ashford, Middlesex,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
Expatriate assertion
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1 Three Trees in Winter i "On the skyline stand three symbols", Norman Giles , 1954 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 16 June vol. 75 no. 3879 1954; (p. 13)
1 y separately published work icon Wildwode's Garage Norman Giles , London : Hutchinson , 1937 Z1275235 1937 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Lost County Norman Giles , London : Hutchinson , 1936 Z1275202 1936 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Barfred Norman Giles , London : Hutchinson , 1936 Z1275196 1936 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon Dark Border Norman Giles , London : Collins , 1935 Z1275209 1935 single work novel historical fiction This is a historical novel that describes the Great Trek of 1834 under the leadership of Retief and Maritz, who feature as characters. It is located around Grahamstown, and the hostility of the Kaffirs is also featured.
1 y separately published work icon Rebels in the Sun Norman Giles , London : Collins , 1935 Z1275206 1935 single work novel This novel continues the theme of the conflict between the Boers and the British, begun by the author in some earlier novels.
1 1 y separately published work icon The Ridge of White Waters Norman Giles , London : Collins , 1934 Z1275213 1934 single work novel historical fiction This is a historical novel about the Jameson Raid and the South African War. Important political and military events are incorporated, as well as racial conflicts between British and Boer families.
1 y separately published work icon God's Fools Norman Giles , London : Collins , 1932 Z1275241 1932 single work novel This novel presents as analysis of the mind of a young woman who is convinced that having a child out of wedlock is a cure for emotional instability.
1 y separately published work icon Jim Crow's Brethren Norman Giles , London Sydney : Collins , 1932 Z1275218 1932 single work novel '[This novel] deals with some aspects of the Kaffir question in relation to the common interests of Dutch and British. The political features are fitted into a romance concerning military migrants to the Orange Free State after the cessation of the Boer War.' (Miller, 1940, p717)
1 y separately published work icon Wine Harvest Norman Giles , London : Collins , 1931 Z1275238 1931 single work novel
1 y separately published work icon The Whips of Time Norman Giles , London : Collins , 1931 Z1275225 1931 single work novel crime This is a crime story arising out of jealosy and hatred and set in the wine country of (then) Northern Rhodesia.
1 y separately published work icon The Green Valley Norman Giles , London : Collins , 1930 Z1275229 1930 single work novel
1 2 y separately published work icon Keerboskloof Norman Giles , London Sydney : Collins , 1929 Z419372 1929 single work novel crime

This was the first of a succession of nine novels by McKeown / Giles on the social, pastoral and political life of the Boers.

'The crime motif in this novel is based on racial conflicts in South Africa, chiefly between black and white, and partly between the Boers and the English. The colour bar in marriage, expressed through heredity, breaks in upon the peace of a group of Boer farmers who are out of sympathy with the administration of justice. The plot traces the process of crime detection in a Dutch rural community.' (Miller, 1940, p 717)
1 y separately published work icon The Gate of To-Morrow Norman Robert McKeown , London Melbourne : Cassell , 1913 Z1275085 1913 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon The Muck Rake Norman Robert McKeown , London : Constable , 1911 Z496050 1911 single work novel The Red Page of the Sydney Bulletin, 21 September 1911, offers this description of the novel : 'The idea is that a Syndicate of men, working in various mines, are stealing gold, with which they salted a "duffer" mine whose shares are run up for the benefit of the members. By accident, the existence of the Sydnicate becomes known to a venal police inspector and a villainous share manipulator. The latter wishes to become a member of the gang, and his bogus initiation makes a good scene. In the meantime the "hero" has visited a station in another State, where Isobel appears and the inevitable happens.'
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