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One of the most controversial and divisive latter encounters of the NZ land wars was the occupation of the peaceful Taranaki Maori settlement of Parihaka by 1500 malitia troops in 1881. Although the natives had engaged in only passive resistance against the taking of their land all were exiled from the region and their leaders imprisoned. About 2200 inhabitants were driven from the village folliwing the occupation and what had been a model community reduced to rubble. Dick Scot's unflinching history of this "campaign" tells with detail and dignity of an assault that remains as contentious today as it did at the time. In 1954 the author published "The Parihaka Story." In 1975 "Ask That Mountain" followed, a greatly enlarged, enhanced and extended book, using much new information becoming avavailable subsequent to his initial book on the subject. This copy from the first reprint of 1976. 216 pages including three appendices, references, glossary, sources and index, b/w photos, art, sketches, documents, maps etc throughout, art e/papers. Blue hard covers with silver spine titles VG++, tiny blemish top corner FFEP (probable price erasure), text block otherwise excellent, no inscriptions. Plastic protected colour art DJ is VG++ but price clipped. Seller Inventory # 003792
Bibliographic Details
Title: Ask That Mountain
Publisher: Heinemann/Southern Cross, Auckland
Publication Date: 1976
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Photos, Art, Sketches Etc
Condition: VG++
Dust Jacket Condition: VG++
Edition: Reprint
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