The story of the boom and bust industries and the towns that sprang up overnight to service them. Usually with too many pubs and newspapers they were towns of whaling, gold, kauri, coal and gum and also railhead towns, flax towns and others; all mentioned here are no more.

David McGill author, A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd publishers reprint 1983, 248 pages, hard cover, dust jacket, b&w photos.

Some edge wear/short tears to dust jacket especially at spine top/bottom. Previous owner details penned to free front end paper and pre-title page, a reasonably clean and tidy copy.

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