{"product_id":"across-the-tararuas-and-beautiful-otaki-by-frank-penn","title":"ACROSS THE TARARUAS AND BEAUTIFUL OTAKI by Frank Penn","description":"\u003cp\u003eACROSS THE TARARUAS AND BEAUTIFUL OTAKI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Frank Penn\u003cbr\u003eintroduction by F. W. Vosseler\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eFormat: small softcover, stapled\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Frank Penn, \"Otaki Mail\" Office 1920, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 125 w x 185 h x 3 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 35\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A5L\/2611\/U336\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eFrank Penn’s 1920 account of traversing the Tararua Ranges and exploring the Otaki district at a time when both were still rugged, lightly developed landscapes. It is one of the earliest comprehensive written accounts of a Tararua Southern Crossing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe records the physical demands of the crossings, the weather’s unpredictability, and the striking contrasts between dense bush, high ridges, and river valleys.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt serves as an early tourism marketing tool and mountaineering record for the lower North Island of New Zealand. The book reads as both an adventure memoir and a regional portrait, preserving the atmosphere of New Zealand’s backcountry before modern roads and recreation reshaped it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome images, maps, vintage adverts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eImmaculate for age with wear on covers and page edges, pages clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003eOf the actual item will be posted soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eScarce\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452782264612,"sku":"A5L\/2611\/U336","price":149.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3914255103757234905.jpg?v=1793574632","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/across-the-tararuas-and-beautiful-otaki-by-frank-penn","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}