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Dick Scott : a radical writer's life

documentary heritage
  • Description

    "Here is the life story of Dick Scott, arguably New Zealand's foremost popular historian and certainly among this country's leading writers. The book focuses on Scott's career as a historian and writer, retracing his early life in Manawatu, his role in the Communist Party and the 1951 Waterfront Dispute, and his many later political and literary endeavours. Scott reveals information about seminal events and figures that has never before been published.

    His telling of his own 'Parihaka story' is fascinating, as are his portraits of legendary figures, from Jock Barnes to Tony Fomison. This book is illustrated throughout with historical photos and illustrations."--Back cover.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    DU419.3 SCO (Library of Congress Call Number)

    91741 (Cat ID)

    91544 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Dick Scott : a radical writer's life
  • Primary Maker

    Gillian Kootstra (Editor)

     Dick Scott (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Reed Books
  • Place
  • Date
    2004
  • Physical Description

    342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    0790009765
    9780790009766
  • Language
    English
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Subject Category
  • Content
    More bricks than gold -- 2. Town and country -- 3. From bicycle to Buick -- 4. One-eyed might be better -- 5. Testament of Scott, God wot! -- 6. Mutinous in Marlborough -- 7. A sergeant to strangle -- 8. Blood in the kitchen -- 9. Our cowshed home -- 10. Giving zeal a bad name -- 11. Noble mission, no less -- 12. Fraser's been on the phone . -- 13. Turbulent times in Lewin's team -- 14. Freedom fight in '51 -- 15. Voice of the vanguard (briefly) -- 16. Transtasman mirage -- 17. On the Black Prince's blacklist -- 18. Parihaka? Where's that? -- 19. Flirting with mammon -- 20. Into the sixties full on -- 21. Wine, women, and soda water -- 22. Sugar, then tobacco? -- 23. Back to the mountain -- 24. The tour and Tony -- 25. Checking out the neighbours -- 26. Retreating (often) to Salt River -- Endpiece
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Scott, Dick, 1923-; Historians--Biography--New Zealand]

    Includes index.

  • Subject Notes
    Richard George (Dick) Scott, ONZM (1923-2020) was a New Zealand historian and journalist.
  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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