Die leser kry 'n gedetailleerde terugblik op die verre verskiet (prehistories en histories) in die Transvaalse Laeveld en die verhaal ontplooi tot en met 1946. Die invloed van die mens is orals waarneembaar, as 'n mens dit net wil sien - van argeologiese oorblyfsels, kommunikasiestelsels (of die afwesigheid daarvan), vroee nedersettings, transportryers, baanbrekers en jagters, omheiningsprobleme en die tsetsevlieg, tot die grondlegging van bestuursmaatreels en ander verwante prosedures wat vandag nog in die NKW gehandhaaf en plek-plek in miskien ietwat aangepaste vorm toegepas word.

In 1926, the Kruger National Park was proclaimed – this is its story. The book provides an in-depth look at the prehistory and history of the Lowveld, as well as at the events that led to the proclamation of the Sabie Reserve in 1898 – one of the first conservation areas in the old Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. After the Anglo-Boer War, Colonel James Stevenson-Hamilton was tasked with running both the Sabie Reserve and the Shingwedzi Reserve (proclaimed in 1904). Stevenson-Hamilton, along with his small yet dedicated corps of rangers, protected and developed the reserve, and eventually, in 1926, the Kruger National Park was proclaimed – the biggest national park in South Africa. The book covers the park's history up until 1946, when Stevenson-Hamilton retired. The work also pays tribute to all of the park's founders.