Titirangi, Fringe of Heaven By Marc Bonny, Edited by Bruce & Trixie Harvey. SIGNED BY ALL 3 AUTHORS/EDS.

Titirangi, Fringe of Heaven By Marc Bonny, Edited by Bruce & Trixie Harvey. SIGNED BY ALL 3 AUTHORS/EDS.

Publisher: West Auckland Historical Society, 2011, first edition.

Very good softback, no owner inscriptions. 244 pages, illustrated.

Titirangi, probably Auckland's most beautiful suburb and on the edge of the dramatic Waitakere Ranges, is truly the 'fringe of heaven'. This richly illustrated book, compiled over many years by the West Auckland Historical Society, tracks the area's evolution from successive Maori settlements, the first European arrivals, forest clearings and the beginnings of Titirangi village through to the post-war era when artists and writers began gravitating to the community as its regenerating forest reached for the sky. Titirangi: Fringe of Heaven collects specialist accounts of Maori history, prominent settlers, architecture, the arts and the environment with personal recollections of Titirangi life. A must for anyone with a connection to this beautiful area or with an interest in the arts and environment.

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