The Otago of Our Mothers by Eileen L Soper, Published by the Otago Centennial Historical Publications, 1948, 1st Edition, Hardcover, Pgs 100, b&w phots, appendices, index.

Condition: Dust jacket has some wear top and tail of spine, boards good, some occasional foxing to page ends though overall quite tidy throughout. No markings or inscriptions within.

When attempting to recreate them past and describe conditions of which one has no personal knowledge one Must rely solely on the contemporary diaries, letters and reminiscences of other people. If thins book achieves its aim of giving a picture of the life and times of the pioneer women Of Otago, then it is due entirely to the chance writings of those far off men and women who, often under adverse. conditions, set down on paper their impressions of the world in which they were living; and also to the Otago Early Settlers' Association and the Hocken Library which have carefully Preserved many of their documents. Contents include: The Land of Their Birth, The Voyage, Pre Settlement Otago, The New Province, Pioneering Days, The Fifties and Sixties, Domestic Progress, Women in the Community.