The History Makers - Adventures in New Zealand Biography - Interesting People have One Thing in Common - The Gift for Turning their Lives into Stories

This book is a journey into New Zealand's past. In this selection of biographical portraits, Vaughan Yarwood has chosen people who have left their mark on our history and national character, New Zealanders who, above all, have been motivated by a compelling passion. Their interests and achievements span a broad range of endeavour, from aviation to politics, from ecology to religious ministry. Included are Sr Mary Aubert Jean Batten James K Baxter Governor George Grey Herbert Guthrie-Smith Sir Edmund Hillary Felix von Luckner Richard Pearse Joan Wiffen This personal, almost accidental selection offers a comprehensive, rounded view of each subject's life and work, incorporating the latest scholarship. But it is also a record of one writer's very personal foray into New Zealand's past, highlighting moments of discovery amid a gradual accumulation of revealing detail...