To Face the Daring Maoris

Dust-jacket laminated in clear plastic, and taped down to endpapers.; 237, [3 (blank)] pages + plates + maps on endpapers. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 135mm. "This is the story of the First Maori War of 1845-47 told through the letters and diaries of a shrewd cross-section of those British soldiers who fought and retreated, lived to fight another day, or died in the mud of the North Island of New Zealand." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Acknowledgements; Redcoats and Rebels; The Old Black Cuffs; Outbreak in the Bay of Islands; We Mustered for the War; Baptism of Fire; Bridge in Command; Downright Madness; Ruapekapeka Pa; Drummer Allen sounds the Alarm; Now the War is Over; Aftermath; Appendices; List of Sources; Index.

Product Info

ISBN: 0340227192

ISBN-13: 9780340227190

Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton

Year: (1979)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

Seller Info

RenaissanceBooks

Address: PO Box 335 Dunedin, Not Required

Website: https://renaissancebooks.co.nz

Country: New Zealand