No fretful sleeper : a life of Bill Pearson / Paul Millar
- Bib ID:
- 4853266
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Millar, Paul
- Description:
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- Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2010
- xi, 380 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781869404192
- 186940419X
- Full contents:
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- 1. A Pattern of Mysterious Events and Places
- 2. A Strange Tribe: Family Life in Greymouth, 1913-1929
- 3. A Good Boy: Primary School Years, 1929-1933
- 4. A Solitary Boy: High School, 1934-1936
- 5. Toeing the Line: Greymouth, 1936-1937
- 6. Three Things Happened: Greymouth, 1938
- 7. A Farewell to Childhood: Christchurch, 1939
- 8. Teachers' Training College: Dunedin, 1940-1941
- 9. A Lasting Impression: Blackball, 1942
- 10. A Chance to Get his Bearings: New Zealand and Fiji, 1942-1945
- 11. No More Illusions: Egypt and Italy, 1945-1946
- 12. Living down his Past: Japan and New Zealand, 1946-1947
- 13. A Changed Man to a Changed New Zealand: Christchurch, 1947-1948
- 14. In Two Minds: Oxford, 1949
- 15. A Good Deal of Variety: London Activities, 1949-1954
- 16. Freedom from all the Kiwi Obsessions: Critical Writing and New Zealand Friends, 1949-1954
- 17. A Labour of Love: Writing Coal Flat in London, 1950-1954
- 18. A Demoralising Job: The University of Auckland English Department, I954-I963
- 19. Left-wingers and Communists: Politics, Culture and Family, 1954-1963
- 20. A Tremendous Relief: The Auckland University Māori Club, 1956-1963
- 21. A Kind of Amputation: Publishing Coal Flat, 1954-1963
- 22. A Great Packet of Love: Frank Sargeson and London Leave, 1963-1965
- 23. A Rock against which I Could Sometimes Gash Myself Auckland and Canberra, 1965-1970
- 24. Wearing Half his Heart on his Sleeve: 1970-1982
- 25. Sleep Easy, Bill, from this Retiring Day: 1982-2003.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-366) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2010
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