{"product_id":"taken-in-a-sketch-of-new-zealand-life-by-hopeful-1974","title":"TAKEN IN: A Sketch of New Zealand Life by \"Hopeful\" 1974","description":"\u003cp\u003eTAKEN IN: A Sketch of New Zealand Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby \"Hopeful\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eby Peggy Hamilton\u003cbr\u003e\nforeword by Ursula Birnstingl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: small hardcover with dust jacket  \u003cbr\u003e\nPublished: 1887, Capper Press reprint 1974\u003cbr\u003e\nSize (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 20 h\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 208\u003cbr\u003e\nSKU: A5\/2508\/0365\/K583\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003e\nMemoirs of emigrating to the land of promise, plenty and hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hopeful\" is sadly disillusioned, and in a series of amusing, lively letters to her brother in Canada, exposes the \"myths\" which she feels are deliberately created by the Shipping Companies to tempt new passengers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Hopeful\" succeeds in entertainingly combining anecdote with fact to give an insight into the conditions prevailing in a colonial city of the 1880s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo images.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003e\nImmaculate with only light wear\/marks on dust jacket and faint marks on end papers, pages otherwise as new, no stamps or inscriptions. Images depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003e\nScarce in this condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55452467265828,"sku":null,"price":44.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/2238261619.jpg?v=1783479695","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/taken-in-a-sketch-of-new-zealand-life-by-hopeful-1974","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}