Author: Wakefield, E Jerningham & Stevens. Joan [editor]
Title: Adventure In New Zealand
Description: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, Christchurch, 1955, 1st thus. Cloth, G+. xviii+320pp, b/w frontis, 16pp b/w plates, 3 b/w maps, index, occasional pencil marginalia, cloth rubbed, a good reading copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ An abridged version of a four year stay in New Zealand between 1839 - 1844. The author, Edward Jerningham Wakefield [ 1820 - 1879 ] had only intended to stay in the country for a few months, but found New Zealand facsinating and kept a diary of his adventures.

Keywords: new zealand, travel, new zealand history, victorian history