I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books.
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"I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books." — Wilbur Smith #educationlearning
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I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader. But then, when I was eight, my parents sent me to a boarding school in South Africa. It was the equivalent of a British public school with cold showers, beatings and rotten food. But what it also had was a library full of books. — Wilbur Smith
About Wilbur Smith
Wilbur Smith was a Novelist from Zambia (1933–2021).
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Who said "I wanted to be a great white hunter, a prospector for gold, or a slave trader.…"?
This quote is attributed to Wilbur Smith, a Novelist from Zambia.
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Wilbur Smith lived from 1933 – 2021.
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