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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561177583908 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1389 (83) |
| Category: |
New Zealand History: General |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
ROUGHNECKS, ROLLING STONES AND ROUSEABOUTS
by John A. Lee
DESCRIPTION
ISBN: 0723305242
Format: medium hard cover with dust jacket
Published: Whitcoulls Publishers in 1977, reprinted 1978
Size (mm): 185 w x 250 h x 20 d
Pages: 149
SKU: A4/2605/0265/K518
ABOUT
For a time in the late 1930s John A. Lee was on the air every Sunday night talking about the swagger days in New Zealand.
This captures a unique era in New Zealand history when nomadic tramps, known as "swaggers," walked across the rural landscape looking for seasonal work during economic booms and depressions in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
His broadcasts proved tremendously popular and when he asked listeners to contribute their own experiences of swagging and swagmen the letters simply poured in. This book, in part, is a distillation of those broadcasts and listeners' letters.
John A. Lee has added his own chapters and anecdotes
Illustrated throughout with monochrome images.
CONDITION
Near new with only light shelf wear on dust jacket. Images depict all need to know detail
REMARKS
Scarce in this condition.
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