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A First Year in Canterbury Settlement

Gelesen von Gail Timmerman Vaughan

(5 Sterne; 3 Bewertungen)

Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Although the son of a Church of England clergyman, Butler arrived in Canterbury intent on making his fortune from sheep farming. "A First Year in Canterbury Settlement" colourfully describes his experiences including his travels on horseback up the Canterbury rivers to eventually find the high country sheep run where he established his station "Mesopotamia". Samuel Butler returned to England in 1864, having made a profit from the sale of Mesopotamia. Samuel Butler is best known for his novels "Erewhon" and "The Way of All Flesh". (Summary by Gail Timmerman-Vaughan) (4 hr 22 min)

Chapters

Introduction and Preface

9:50

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CHAPTER I

25:13

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CHAPTER II

16:10

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CHAPTER III

11:56

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CHAPTER IV

39:55

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CHAPTER V

16:18

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CHAPTER VI

22:37

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CHAPTER VII

39:48

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CHAPTER VIII

23:34

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CHAPTER IX

18:58

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CHAPTER X

37:54

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Bewertungen

(5 Sterne)

Gail Timmerman Vaughan has a lovely warm voice & reads this well Fascinating glimpse of life for settlers in NZ Butler was too cosmopolitan to settle there but he did well to sell up profitably