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One of the survivors, Tony Simpson
A Radical Writer’s Life Dick Scott Reed, $39.99, ISBN 0790009765 The society in which I grew up largely no longer exists, immolated in the “reforms” of the 80s and 90s. It would be wrong to consider that an entirely bad…
Tagged with: Dick Scott, Issue 70, Reed, Tony Simpson, Winter 2005
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Strong on descriptive narrative, K R Howe
Years of the Pooh Bah: A Cook Islands History Dick Scott, Cook Islands Trading Company/ Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1991, $49.95 This beautifully produced and heavily illustrated book is an account of the ‘ignorance’, ‘neglect and … vague benevolence’ that…
Tagged with: Cook Islands Trading Company, Dick Scott, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 3, Spring 1991
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Pacific, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Pacific, Review