{"product_id":"the-water-joey-old-wheat-mills-of-canterbury-by-mona-anderson","title":"THE WATER JOEY: Old Wheat Mills of Canterbury by Mona Anderson","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE WATER JOEY: The Old Wheat Mills of Canterbury\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Mona Anderson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 058900980\u003cbr\u003eFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePublished: AH \u0026amp; AW Reed 1976, reprinted 1977\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 195 w x 270 h x 20 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 118\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A4\/2609\/U422\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eA nostalgic look at the old wheat mills of Canterbury and the men and women who served them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title refers to a \"water joey\"—the worker responsible for carrying water to fill the heavy steam-driven traction engines that powered traveling threshing mills. Drawing from historical research and the memories of itinerant labourers who worked at Mount Algidus Station.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnderson captures the golden era of high-country grain farming and details the days when a Canterbury autumn meant miles of waving wheatfields harvested by horse-drawn buggies and heavy machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt serves as a vital record of early New Zealand farming life, complete with an extensive collection of monochrome historical photographs documenting the old traction engines and threshing crews.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes two separate pages of poetry on the subject.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eExcellent with only light wear\/spine fading on dust jacket, name on end paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003eAre of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eScarce\u003cbr\u003eSee out other listings by this author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55547297562916,"sku":"A4\/2609\/U422","price":44.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3925371837234279857.jpg?v=1789775249","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-water-joey-old-wheat-mills-of-canterbury-by-mona-anderson","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}