Soldier to Settler

Soldier to Settler
Donald Offwood
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NZ$ 40.00
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NZ$ 32.00
Trade Paperback
h235 x 155mm - 268pg
20 May 2014 NZ
9780473280796
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This dramatized and historically correct novel follows Patrick Murtagh, who as a poor Irish boy joins the British Army in 1820. After serving in India, he is discharged into the famines of the 1840s in Ireland. As a man of 'good character' he is able to re-join the Army in 1847 and come to New Zealand with his family and with the offer of his own cottage and schooling for his children, as a Fencible Corp soldier. In exchange for guarding Auckland for seven years and for the first time in his life he will own something he cannot carry ' his own land. After seven years' service he is discharged and in 1860 moves south to Green Island, Dunedin, with his family, to buy his own small farm and become an Otago Pioneer. An appendix includes the Family Tree of the 1800s.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780473280796
Published: 20 May 2014
Published In: New Zealand
Imprint: Southern Lights Books
Publisher: Southern Lights Books
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 235mm
Width: 155mm
Pages: 268
Dewey: 823.92

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