The John A. Lee Diaries 1936 - 1940

Stock Code:
BAE3082
Price:
$30.00

Description

The John A. Lee Diaries 1936 - 1940. 'In a quite remarkable way these diaries, never before published, cover those very years in the long life of John A. Lee that were most dramatic in outcome and still remain the most intriguing. Need we add they were also the exciting years when Labour first took office, when war broke out in Europe and when Lee himself was expelled from the Labour Party. Though a prolific writer, Lee had never been a regular diary-keeper and it was almost by chance that he began jotting down a few notes and comments when he and his family moved to Wellington on his taking charge of housing construction for the new government. They served as a substitute for the numerous letters partly on political life in the capital that he had been writing to his wife in Auckland. Then as the diary habit grew they were continued in notebooks, with daily entries often written right at the heart of affairs in Parliament or caucus.' The dust jacket has light to medium general wear with some lifting of the clear covers and sun fading but the book remains tight and bright.

Details

  • Author:
    Lee, John A
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    Whitcoulls Publishers, New Zealand
  • Edition:
    First
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    X6
  • ISBN:
    0723306389
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    237
  • Publish Date:
    1981
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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