The Loner The True Story of Joe Driscoll, orphan, swagger, bushman, hunter, deserter By Ivan Agnew.

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, Auckland, 1974, First Edition.

Very good hardback with fair jacket. Minor marks; school presentation label adhered to ffep; binding firm; pages very good. Jacket is marked and creased with fading to spine and back; back cover is stained and also on reverse side. 192 pages.

Joe Driscoll become a legend in South Westland during the Second World War. For about five years he defeated the attempts of military police to prise him from his remote refuge after a few weeks in the camp had convinced him that the army was not for him. The CHRISTCHURCH STAR, in a half-page obituary called him "the last of the great bush characters." But he was more than that. Here, in fascinating details, is the story of how Joe Driscoll became a rebel and a loner. This is a true story that is frank, brutal, tender and at times bubbling with humour - an unforgettable picture of a man at odds with his times.

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