Author: James CowanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bent, Kimble, 1837-1916
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The Adventures of Kimble Bent
Author: James CowanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bent, Kimble, 1837-1916
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The Adventures of Kimble Bent: A Story of Wild Life in the New Zealand Bush
Author: James CowanPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465602208
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The adventures of Kimble Bent
Author: James CowanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maori (New Zealand people)
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Kimball Bent: Malcontent
Author: Chris GroszPublisher:
ISBN: 9781869795160
Category : Military deserters
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Chris Grosz captures in words and pictures the adventuring life of sailor, soldier, deserter, outlaw and Hau Hau slave, Kimball Bent. After signing up for the Queen's shilling, Bent was sent to New Zealand in the 1860s, on the eve of the tumultuous Taranaki land wars. An act of defiance saw Bent deserting the army, and his eventual adoption by Maori tribes. Kimball Bent: Malcontent illustrates Bent's life as a Pakeha Maori, his assimilation into tribal life, his observation of secret war rites, including cannibalism, and being on the side of the Hau Hau at the famous battle at Te Ngutu o Manu where Gustav von Tempsky was killed. One of New Zealand's folk heroes, Bent's story encompasses romance, bloodshed and mayhem. His story has been recorded by James Cowan and fictionalised by Maurice Shadbolt. Rendered in scraperboard style, this graphic novel will have crossover appeal for teenagers and adults alike, bringing Bent's story to a new generation of New Zealanders.
The Adventures Kimble Bent
Author: James CowanNgāti Ruanui
Author: Tony SolePublisher: Huia Publishers
ISBN: 9781869691806
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
This eloquent and detailed Taranki history has grown out of research for the Ngati Ruanui tribal treaty claim against the New Zealand Crown. From pre-Hawaiki times it follows the Aotea canoe from Ranigatea in the Pacific to New Zealand Aotearoa and the settlement of Turi and his people at Patea. The battles and alliances over the centuries and the rich and varied Ngati Ruanui history form the narrative background for the arrival of Pakeha from Europe and the devastation and land confiscations that followed. The story of the successful negotiation of the Ngati Ruanui treaty settlement and the creation of Te Rananga o Ngati Ruanui is told here for the first time. The central theme of this important book is the unwavering determination of the Ngati Ruanui tribe to hold on to their land and their autonomy.
The Adventures of Kimble Bent
Author: James CowanBookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: The Bookseller
Author: Racial Crossings
Author: Damon Ieremia SalesaPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191619213
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Victorians were fascinated with intersections between different races. Whether in sexual or domestic partnerships, in interracial children, racially diverse communities or societies, these 'racial crossings' were a lasting Victorian concern. But in an era of imperial expansion, when slavery was abolished, colonial wars were fought, and Britain itself was reformed, these concerns were more than academic. In both the British empire and imperial Britain, racial crossings shaped what people thought about race, the future, the past, and the conduct and possibilities of empire. Victorian fears of miscegenation and degeneration are well known; this study turns to apparently opposite ideas where racial crossing was seen as a means of improvement, a way of creating new societies, or a mode for furthering the rule of law and the kingdom of Heaven. Salesa explores how and why the preoccupation with racial crossings came to be so important, so varied, and so widely shared through the writings and experiences of a raft of participants: from Victorian politicians and writers, to philanthropists and scientists, to those at the razor's edge of empire - from soldiers, missionaries, and settlers, to 'natives', 'half-castes' and other colonized people. Anchored in the striking history of colonial New Zealand, where the colonial policy of 'racial amalgamation' sought to incorporate and intermarry settlers and New Zealand Maori, Racial Crossings examines colonial encounters, working closely with indigenous ideas and experiences, to put Victorian racial practice and thought into sharp, critical, relief.