This book is the first regional outline of the area now known as The Haast. Sir Julius von Haast named the river after himself in 1863. The completion of a modern highway in 1965 has made this brief history topical and of interest to the whole of New Zealand. in this, John Pascoe has presented a human story of floods and privations, isolation and courage; it mirrors the search for prosperity, the relief works of the Depression, the impact of two world wars, nd the final triumph of surveyors, workmen, and engineers.
1968 Hardback in good condition with dust jacket.