Poenamo John Logan Campbell A New Zealand Classic

First published 1881 – this edition published 1973 by Golden Press Pty Ltd.

"When John Logan Campbell landed on the shores of Coromandel Harbour in 1840, he had reached the kingdom of ‘King’ Wepiha, the American pork and timber trader. King Wepiha fired the young Scottish doctor with enthusiasm for the breathtaking Waitemata Harbour as the future capital of New Zealand.

The adventures of the carefree young Campbell in search of his fortune are both thrilling and amusing. The romantic interlude camping in a Maori village; the drama and savagery of a chief’s tangi; the mysterious tragedies of the law of tapu; the extravagant feasts; the wisdom of the highly intelligent old chief Kanini; all these make Poenamo one of the most stirring tales of the birth of a city ever to be told."

Hard cover c/w dust jacket 239 pages. Maps both back and front inner covers.

Very good condition. Slight rip on spine of dust cover