2004 Longlist
The Hopeful Traveller
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Sometime in the 1860s Harry Head – ‘the Hermit of Hickory Bay’ – experimented unsuccessfully with flight in an isolated valley on Banks Peninsula. His story forms part of the exuberant blend of fact and fiction that constitutes this tale of hope.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
New Zealand
Original Language
English
Publisher
Random House (NZ)
Nominating Library