Pioneers of Canterbury. Deans Letters 1840-1854. 1937. First edition.

Pioneers of Canterbury. Deans Letters 1840-1854.

Publisher: Reed, Dunedin, 1937. First edition.

Good hardback with no jacket. Buff boards have some compression to extremities, minor light marks/foxing spots, binding firm, no inscriptions, scattered foxing, (mainly to edges). 312 pages, illustrated.

William Deans came to NZ from Scotland early in 1840. his brother John following in 1842. The two became early settlers in Canterbury, establishing the Deans dynasty which still retains strong connections with the province. The book is based on the letters of the brothers and they graphically depict the problems facing early arrivals, particularly regarding land tenure. Both brothers died early, William in a shipwreck in 1851 and John in 1854, after becoming ill on a return voyage from Scotland, where he had married. Later, in turn, his son, also John, carried on the family farming enterprises the brothers had instigated and was consolidated by his widowed mother, to firmly establish one of Canterbury's notable founding families. A vivid record of pioneer days in NZ. First edition of 1937 from Reed, 312 pages including appendix and index, 11 b/w full page illustrations are in good condition.

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