The Runaway Settlers

Elsie Locke (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2009
HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) (Verlag)
978-1-86950-769-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The year is 1859, Elizabeth Small and her six children escape their abusive husband and father in Australia, making a new life for themselves in the fledgling colony of Canterbury, N.Z.

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This long-established and well-loved classic by renowned author Elsie Locke was first published in 1965, and now returns to print as a Collins Modern New Zealand Classic. the year is 1859 and the Small family arrives in the Canterbury colony without a penny to their name. Mother and six children have a hard beginning to their new life - all the more since they are runaways from a cruel father and husband in Australia. But there are adventures ahead ...this long-established and well-loved classic by renowned author Elsie Locke was first published in 1965.

Autor

Elsie Locke was born in 1912, in Hamilton; she passed away in 2001. Elsie has been described as a peace campaigner, environmentalist, novelist, historian, community worker and national treasure. Elsie was also a feminist and socialist who campaigned against nuclear weapons and wrote more than 20 books, including a number of historical novels for children and several social histories of NZ.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2009
• Verlagsort: Auckland
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 200 mm
• Gewicht: 125 g
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
• ISBN-10: 1-86950-769-X / 186950769X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-86950-769-5 / 9781869507695
• Zustand: Neuware