ISBN: 9780196480503 - toll of the bush: paperback (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Reprint Reissued. A near fine copy, edited and introduced by Kendrick Smithyman.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. 258 pages. inside cover and page edge foxed, top of page edge stained. Text in good conditionSet in the Hokianga district in the early twentieth century, the book is in p art a realistic portrayal of pioneer farming and trading on the margin between s ea and bush, with a cast of convincing minor characters. It is also a traditiona l tale of heroes and heroines, of villainous jealousies and intrigues, of suppre ssed letters and missed opportunities, and above all of the brooding forest wait ing to exact its toll of those who sought to subdue it.…