The Unauthorized Version - A Cartoon History of New Zealand

A sardonic observer has noted that New Zealand is famous for two products: mutton and cartoonists: The mutton is already justly celebrated; this book sets the record straight in praise of the nation's flock of wool-pullers. The book is a highly unofficial chronicle of events in New Zealand from 1840 to the present; a cartoonist's-eye view of the achievements, foibles, and pomposities of successive governments and politicians. It is also a tribute to the great tradition of great cartooning that New Zealand has produced...