Whitcoulls, Date: 1979. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. NEW ZEALAND TRUE CRIME""For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men - Stanley Graham."" Dairy farmer Stanley Graham killed seven people in Kōwhitirangi on the South Island’s West Coast. One of New Zealand’s largest manhunts ended when Graham was shot on the evening of 20 October. He died of his wounds the following day.The tragedy began when Graham refused to hand over his rifle to police to assist the war effort. He felt aggrieved that police were ‘persecuting’ him rather than investigating his neighbours, who he believed were poisoning his cows.On 8 October policemen Edward Best, Percy Tulloch, Frederick Jordan and William Cooper went to Kōwhitirangi after a neighbour claimed Graham had threatened him with a rifle. Cooper, Jordan and Tulloch were shot dead, while Best later died from his wounds. George Ridley, a visiting agricultural instructor, was also shot and eventually died in 1943. Graham fled into the bush pursued by police, soldiers and home guardsmen. On the evening of 9 October, he exchanged shots with home guardsmen Richard Coulson and Gregory Hutchison. Coulson died immediately and Hutchison the following day. Graham eluded capture for 12 nights until he was fatally wounded by police.In 2008 the New Zealand Police erected a memorial to the victims at the ...

ISBN10: 072330629X, ISBN13: 9780723306290, [publisher: Whitcoulls (1979), Christchurch] Hardcover First Edition No signatures. Lacking the dust-jacket.; 224 pages + plates. Orange-red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 133mm. "For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men - Stanley Graham."
[Dunedin, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1979]
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Christchurch: Whitcoulls. Very Good with no dust jacket. (Date: 1979). First Edition. Hardcover. 072330629X . No signatures. Lacking the dust-jacket.; 224 pages + plates. Orange-red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 133mm. "For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men - Stanley Graham." . 1979. Whitcoulls ISBN 072330629X 9780723306290 [NZ]

ISBN10: 072330629X, ISBN13: 9780723306290, [publisher: Whitcoulls] Hardcover First Edition Manhunt The Story of Stanley Graham By H.A. Willis. Publisher: Whitcoulls, 1979, First Edition. Very good hardback with jacket. Inscription to ffep; minor edge-wear and marks to boards; pages very good with occasional foxing. Jacket has some creasing and chipping; title faded on jacket spine; some scratches to back cover. 224 pages with photos. For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men-Stanley Graham. In the first week of October this 40-year-old farmer threatened two neighbours with a firearm. On the afternoon of 8 October he shot the four policemen who visited his home investigating complaints laid by these neighbours. A civilian who attempted to come to the aid of the police was similarly mowed down. Before police reinforcements arrived Graham had packed up food, clothing, four guns and about 1000 rounds of ammunition, and escaped into the bush behind his farm. This was the Stanley Graham affair - a grim sideshow during World War II which for a short time distracted New Zealand from the horrors of bigger battles on more distant shores. It is an episode which until now has never been documented thoroughly, having passed quickly into the realms of West Coast myth.
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Christchurch: Whitcoulls. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (Date: 1979). First Edition. Hardcover. 072330629X . Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Fading to red lettering on dust-jacket spine. No tears to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 224 pages + plates. Orange-red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 133mm. "For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men - Stanley Graham." . 1979. Whitcoulls ISBN 072330629X 9780723306290 [NZ]