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The Yanks in New Zealand, Andrew Mason
Brief Encounter Jock Phillips, Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, $29.95 United States Forces in New Zealand 1942-45 Denys Bevan, self-published, Kakanui Post Shop, $39.95 The Yanks Are Coming Harry Bioletti, Century Hutchinson, 1989, out of print It is fifty…
Tagged with: Andrew Mason, Century Hutchinson, Denys Bevan, Department of Internal Affairs, Harry Bioletti, Historical Branch, Issue 7, Jock Phillips, Summer 1992
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Sacrificing the personal for the political, Jock Phillips
Ettie: A Life of Ettie Rout Jane Tolerton, Penguin Books, $39.95 Ettie Rout has been known to us primarily as the woman who stood on the platform in Paris during the Great War and handed out anti-VD kits to soldiers…
Tagged with: Ettie Rout, Issue 7, Jane Tolerton, Jock Phillips, Penguin Books, Summer 1992
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Issue 7 | December 1992
Volume 2 | Number 3 | Issue 7 | December 1992 Editorial Andrew Mason: “The Challenge Continues” Letters 15 writers: “You must read this”: Best books (comment) Keri Hulme: John Puhiatau Pule, The Shark that Ate the Sun (Ko…
Christmas crackers, Celia Dunlop
This selection of good New Zealand books worth considering for children at Christmas is made from titles which have appeared or won awards in the last year. The choice was based on the book’s overall quality, potential pleasure as a…
Simple fact or subtle fiction? William Broughton
The Quick World, Autobiography Volume 3 Lauris Edmond, Bridget Williams Books, $29.95 The Quick World completes Lauris Edmond’s promised autobiographical trilogy, and documents the most recent 15 or so years of her life. I find that I have come more…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Issue 7, Lauris Edmond, Summer 1992, William Broughton
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Non-fiction, Review
The woman question, Patricia Sargison
Kate Sheppard: A Biography. The fight for women‘s votes in New Zealand: the life of the woman who led the struggle Judith Devaliant, Penguin, $34.95 Recognition of the role Kate Sheppard played in New Zealand history has been slow, and…
Tagged with: Issue 7, Judith Devaliant, Kate Sheppard, Patricia A Sargison, Penguin, Summer 1992
Posted in Biography, Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Biography, Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Imported and adapted, Gavin McLean
The Chapman Legal Family Peter Spiller, Victoria University Press, $39.95 Waikato law professor Peter Spiller’s book examines the legal careers of Henry Samuel Chapman and his two sons, Frederick, the first New Zealand-born Supreme Court judge, and Martin, founder of…
The fall of a decent joker, Michael Gifkins
The Autobiography of My Father Martin Edmond, Auckland University Press, $29.95 There is an entry in the book of New Zealand literary politics which reads: Edmond, Trevor, schoolteacher, husband of Lauris, poet (late-flowering); father of (inter alia) Martin, scriptwriter, see…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 7, Lauris Edmond, Martin Edmond, Michael Gifkins, Summer 1992, Trevor Edmond
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Reading pictures, Jane Clendon
Colonial Constructs: European Images of Maori 1840-1914 Leonard Bell, Auckland University Press, $69.95 The language of art historical discourse has become more complex and demanding since Leonard Bell published his first book, The Maori in European Art, in 1980. Now,…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 7, Jane Clendon, Leonard Bell, Summer 1992
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review