Alfred Hamish Reed (1875–1975)
Autore di The story of New Zealand
Sull'Autore
The company founder, A.H. Reed, hand-wrote, illustrated and bound this beautiful volume that records his experiences as a trainee soldier 'in and around Featherson Military Camp and (mostly) elsewhere' in 1916-17. Never before published, with the one copy only extant, it is Reed's first-known book, mostra altro and this leather-bound, limited-run facsimile edition will be prized by any book love mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: A.H. Reed born in London 1875, came to NZ 1887.
Opere di Alfred Hamish Reed
Captain Cook in New Zealand, Extracts from the journals of Captain James Cook, giving a full account in his own words… (1951) — A cura di — 8 copie
Marlborough journey 4 copie
The Milford Track 4 copie
Historic Bay of Islands 3 copie
Larnach and his castle 2 copie
Historic Northland 2 copie
Greatheart of Maoriland 2 copie
Marsden of Maoriland 1 copia
Family Life in New Zealand 1 copia
Historic Bay of Islands 1 copia
From North Cape To Bluff 1 copia
The new story of the kauri 1 copia
Nelson pilgrimage 1 copia
The story of Hawke's Bay 1 copia
A song of praise for Maoriland 1 copia
Early Dunedin in pictures 1 copia
Everybody's story of New Zealand 1 copia
Farthest south 1 copia
The Story of Kauri 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Reed, Alfred Hamish
- Data di nascita
- 1875
- Data di morte
- 1975
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Attività lavorative
- author
bibliophile
philanthropist
writer - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1962)
Utenti
Recensioni
Potrebbero anche piacerti
Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 47
- Utenti
- 157
- Popolarità
- #133,743
- Voto
- 2.6
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 11
I felt this was a must-read in the annals of New Zealand adventuring as it is the account of the first person to walk the length of New Zealand (well, from North Cape to Bluff, though he does include a visit to Stewart Island). His famous walk would be the precursor to our Te Araroa trail.
Not only that, but the author managed this feat at the at of 85.
However, I found this book to be - dare I say it - a boring read. Alfred makes his way down the country in a series of cups of tea and visits with friends old and new. It's a lovely peek into the friendly New Zealand of yesterday, and I wonder if when I reach 85 I'll be able to wander from friend to friend down the whole of the country. But the name-dropping gets somewhat tiresome after the first hundred times, and I really wished that the book would focus more on the narrative of the journey and the places the author saw on his way. I'd been hoping for a bit of history and some new ideas but those came only occasionally between tea with Mr So-and-so and visits with Mrs Bla-bla.
Still, I'm glad I read it, and Mr Reed's personality does shine through. It was nice to get to know him a little.… (altro)