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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10799608791332 |
| SKU: | A5/2609/U412 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1461 (6) |
| Category: |
New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial New Zealand History: Towns, Cities, Regions, Suburbs |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
FOREST HOMES: The Story of the Scandinavian Settlements in the Forty Mile Bush, New Zealand
by George Conrad Petersen
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: AH & AW Reed 1956, 1st edition
Size (mm): 145 w x 225 h x 20 d
Pages: 137
SKU: A5/2609/U412
ABOUT
Petersen that details the lives of Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish pioneers in New Zealand.
Focuses on the dense, isolated forest lands of the Wairarapa, Manawatu, and southern Hawke's Bay and highlights major settlements, especially the large Danish community in Mauriceville, as well as Norsewood and Dannevirke.
Explains how immigrants arrived under Premier Julius Vogel’s public works and immigration policy. Describes the long boat journeys, the massive physical challenge of clearing the untouched bush, and building the first homesteads.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome images, maps on end papers.
CONDITION
Immaculate with only light handling wear on dust jacket, marks on end papers, pages as new, stamped title page.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce in this condition.
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