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Format: Quality Paperback
Publisher: Kwizzel Publishing
Published: Feb 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs
Pages: 102
A Childhood at Cairnsmore is the true story of a childhood spent on a sheep farm at the foot of the Ruahine Range in the 1920s and 1930s. It is rich with details of country life in New Zealand - the homestead, riding on horseback to school, home baking and domestic chores. ' .. reminds us of how much has changed in our lifetime.' '… a fascinating and touching story, and a valuable record of earlier days .. It reminded me of so much - shearing gangs, and even the long drop ...'