Dear Oliver - Uncovering a Pakeha History (Paperback)

When writer and historian Peter Wells found a cache of family letters amongst his elderly mother's effects, he realised that he had the means of retracing the history of a not-untypical family swept out to New Zealand during the great nineteenth-century human diaspora from Britain. His family experienced the war against Te Kooti, the Boer War, the Napier earthquake of 1931 and the Depression. They rose from servant status to the comforts of the middle class. There was army desertion, suicide, adultery, AIDS, secrets and lies. There was also success, prosperity and social status. In digging deep into their stories, examining letters from the past and writing a letter to the future, Peter Wells constructs a novel and striking way to view the history of Pakeha New Zealanders.

General

Imprint:	Massey University Press
Country of origin:	New Zealand
Release date:	March 2018
Authors:	Peter Wells
Dimensions:	210 x 138 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-9941473-6-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-9941473-6-8
Barcode:	9780994147363

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