The Stewart Islanders
Author(s): Olga Sansom
Olga Sanson is herself a Stewart Islander and grew up in its tradition. She knew its old people and remembers them gratefully and with love. She learned the paths, and the forest and seashore. And- importantly for the readers of this book- she inherited a way with words that enables the reader to share her joys.
Of these, there is a multitude. Old characters, old ships and mills, old stories grim or gay, and always the background: the sea, the birds, the forests and always the 'glowing sky' of the Maori name for this island: Rakiura.
This is, in the most literal sense of the word, a delightful book.
Originally published in 1970, this is a facsimile reprint
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Cadsonbury Publications
- : Cadsonbury Publications
- : 01 January 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : Olga Sansom
- : Softback
- : 993.96
- : 249