The Bad Old Days - A Century of Life in the Young Colony of New Zealand

A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1979. Ex-library with the usual stamps. Spine worn.

Were the old days as good as they're often made out to be? Tony Nolan sets out to prove otherwise in this tongue-in-cheek selection from a wide variety of unvarnished, though rarely unbiased, eye-witness accounts of our past. Maoris and pakehas, whalers and missionaries, ladies and layabouts speak their minds about their country and each other, with no holds barred. The result may shed a completely new light on our hallowed past - it certainly makes irresistable reading.

- from the back cover.