Station Life in New Zealand Ilustrated Edition

Hardback, 1991, 176 pages, good condition, fading in cover, name on end page

First published in 1870, this is an account of Lady Barker's three years in New Zealand, establishing a sheep station in the foothills of the Southern Alps. Not one to sit at home, she crossed mountain ranges, faced a charging boar and rode through flooded rivers. It provides a record of early Canterbury and of a fascinating pioneer. Betty Gilderdale provides an introduction about Lady Barker and the places and people in her book, together with a number of photographs and detailed annotations to the text.