ISBN: 9781877242984 - looking for the phoenix: a memoir (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. W. H. Oliver, a writer, editor, professor, and central figure in New Zealand's intellectual landscape, reflects here on the decades of his own life and the history that has shaped him. A warm portrait is painted of his Cornish parents, whose experiences with immigration, rural work, the depression, and Labour activism are recounted. Oliver shares how he avidly absorbed education and progressed from rural schools to Oxford University. This wide-ranging account tells of ancestry and early childhood, the influences of feminism, friendship, marriage, and family, while acknowledging the broader scope of history and the development of New Zealand. This is a poet writing about history, and an historian writing autobiography-perceptive, wry, and sometimes painfully honest. 178 pages. …

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy with just a small name in front.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 178 pages. tidy copyW. H. Oliver, a writer, editor, professor, and central figure in New Zealand' s intellectual landscape, reflects here on the decades of his own life and the h istory that has shaped him. A warm portrait is painted of his Cornish parents, w hose experiences with immigration, rural work, the depression, and Labour activi sm are recounted. Oliver shares how he avidly absorbed education and progressed from rural schools to Oxford University. This wide-ranging account tells of ance stry and early childhood, the influences of feminism, friendship, marriage, and family, while acknowledging the broader scope of history and the development of New Zealand. This is a poet writing about history, and an historian writing an a utobiography--perceptive, wry, and sometimes painfully honest.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 178 pages. W. H. Oliver, a writer, editor, professor, and central figure in New Zealand' s intellectual landscape, reflects here on the decades of his own life and the h istory that has shaped him. A warm portrait is painted of his Cornish parents, w hose experiences with immigration, rural work, the depression, and Labour activi sm are recounted. Oliver shares how he avidly absorbed education and progressed from rural schools to Oxford University. This wide-ranging account tells of ance stry and early childhood, the influences of feminism, friendship, marriage, and family, while acknowledging the broader scope of history and the development of New Zealand. This is a poet writing about history, and an historian writing auto biography-perceptive, wry, and sometimes painfully honest.…