Tavern in the Town (Enlarged and Revised Edition)

Stock Code:
BAE3304
Price:
$40.00

Description

Tavern in the Town by James McNeish. Original line drawings: Dennis Turner(Enlarged and Revised Edition). "Ours is a fine and lusty tradition," writes James McNeish in his new and enlarged edition of Taverns in the Town. King Bill of Houhora, Dicky Barrett of Barret's and Jim Paterson of the Cardrona Hotel would have agreed. So would Jack Muck, the runaway who founded Aucland's first pub in the hull of a wrecked brig, and William Batson, the tiger hunter who sold sly grog in Westland's bush to begin what is today the T.H.C Franz Josef Hotel. The history of our public houses is New Zealand social history at its most exuberant. As the author points out, our social history was babtised in alcohol. Pubs came first - before houses, before churches, before banks. They gave birth to live theatre, to libraries, militias, Masonic Lodges, elections, even parliaments. The first Temperance leagues were found in pubs, also the first post offices. Our pioneer publicans ran grog shops on every coast, calico shanties in Northland and Westland, stone inns and caching hostelries, ford, ferry and accommodation houses wherever they were needed.'

Details

  • Author:
    McNeish, James
  • Book Condition:
    Very Good
  • Publisher:
    A. H. & A. W. Reed
  • Edition:
    Revised and Enlarged
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    X5
  • ISBN:
    0589015265
  • Size:
    4to
  • Pages:
    327
  • Publish Date:
    1984
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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