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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 213 pages. Eric McCormick was, from about 1940 until his death in 1995, one of New Zeala nd's most distinguished writers and scholars. He pioneered the appreciation and study of the painter Francis Hodgkins, and he wrote several biographies. The aut obiographical fragments collected here have been edited to make a coherent volum e, tracing his origins in Taihape, to school and university in Wellington, to sc hoolteaching in Nelson, to Cambridge and through his wartime experiences and rol e as editor of Centennial Publications. It includes his shrewd observations of s ocial behaviour, recorded with a dry wit.…

Paperback. Zustand: As New. 213 pages. 232pp. b/w illus. A clean firmly bound copy edited by Dennis McEldowneyAbout the AuthorEric Hall McCormick was a biographer, critic, and histor ian. He wrote several biographies, including Portrait of Frances Hodgkins and Th e Friend of Keats: A Life of Charles Armitage Brow. The E. H. McCormick Non-Fict ion Award was established in his honor. McCormick was named President of Honour by the New Zealand Society of Authors in both 1976 and 1977.Product Desc riptionEric McCormick was, from about 1940 until his death in 1995, one of New Zealand's most distinguished writers and scholars. He pioneered the appre ciation and study of the painter Francis Hodgkins, and he wrote several biograph ies. The autobiographical fragments collected here have been edited to make a co herent volume, tracing his origins in Taihape, to school and university in Welli ngton, to schoolteaching in Nelson, to Cambridge and through his wartime experie nces and role as editor of Centennial Publications. It includes his shrewd obser vations of social behaviour, recorded with a dry wit.…