Mezue ahịrịokwu a: Ọ hapụrụ United States na 1904 tinyere General Piet Cronjé (nke
Agha Paardeberg ama) iji sonye na Ngosipụta Louisiana Purchase (St. Louis, Missouri) na ihe a na-akpọ "Boer War Circus" <unk> ihe ngosi nke ihe nkiri sitere na Agha Boer. Mgbe ọ hapụsịrị ihe ngosi ahụ, ọ gara biri na US. Ọ gbara nwunye ya, Lenie (née Els) alụkwaghịm, onye na-achọghị ịhapụ South Africa n'ezie, mgbe akụkọ ahụ kwuru na ya na May Belfort na-alụ. O mechara lụọ nwanyị si Amerịka, Myrtle Dickerson. Mgbalị ndị e mere iji mee ka ndị Boer biri n'ebe ugwu Mexico kụrụ afọ n'ala.