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1 online resource : illustrations (some colour) |
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National Library of New Zealand archived copy 1 epub text file |
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polychrome |
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Hypertext links contained in the archived instances of this title may not be functional. Nz |
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Archived by the National Library of New Zealand in epub. Nz |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
When writer and historian Peter Wells found a cache of family letters amongst his elderly mother's effects, he realised that he had the means of retracing the history of a not-untypical family swept out to New Zealand during the great nineteenth-century human diaspora from Britain. His family experienced the war against Te Kooti, the Boer War, the Napier earthquake of 1931 and the Depression. They rose from servant status to the comforts of the middle class. There was army desertion, suicide, adultery, AIDS, secrets and lies. There was also success, prosperity and social status. In digging deep into their stories, examining letters from the past and writing a letter to the future, Peter Wells constructs a novel and striking way to view the history of Pākehā New Zealanders. |
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Intro; Title Page; Contents; Red Letter Day; Obscure Individuals; Dear Oliver; How to Read a Letter; The Coming Out Letter; To Whom It May Concern; How to Write a Letter; The Business Letter; Polly; What's in a Name?; Local Hero; Dear Heroix; Silence Like a Bruise; The Failure of Language; Afterword; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Northe family tree; Copyright. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Wells, Peter, 1950-2019 -- Family.
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Wells, Peter, 1950-2019. |
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Families. |
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Wells, Bess, 1916-2017.
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North family.
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North family. |
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North family -- Correspondence.
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Correspondence.
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Napier (N.Z.) -- Genealogy.
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New Zealand -- Genealogy.
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New Zealand. |
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Genealogy.
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New Zealand -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Personal correspondence.
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Electronic books.
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Personal correspondence.
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Family histories.
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Family histories.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dear Oliver 9780994147363 |
| ISBN |
9780994147370 (EPUB) |
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0994147376 |
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9780994147363 (paperback) |
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