The Kettle on the Fuchsia: The Story of Orari Gorge. By Barbara Harper.
The Kettle on the Fuchsia: The Story of Orari Gorge. By Barbara Harper.
Publisher: A.H. & A.W. Reed; Wellington, 1967, first edition.
Hardback very good condition with tatty jacket, signature to title page, light rubbing to edges, pages very good.
Dust jacket is scuffed, chipped and torn with pieces missing from edges.
31 b/w photos, endpaper maps, house plan, 172pp, photo illustrated, maps.
Story of a pioneer Station in New Zealand through over 100 years of prosperity, depression and development. A vivid history of the development of the huge South Island sheep station Orari George over more than a century from 1854, A saga of agricultural pioneering in harsh and rugged country.
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ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.