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Hard by the Cloud House

Autor Peter Walker
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2024
A MASSIVE, PREDATORY BIRD AND ITS PLACE IN HISTORY AND MYTHThe legend of Pouakai, aka the extinct Haast's Eagle, takes Peter Walker on a journey from an 1860s Canterbury sheep run to a deep cave near Karamea as he learns the story of the mighty hunter that inhabited a peak in the foothills of the Southern Alps. Was it the same creature as The Rukh of Arabic legends? And, if so, was that evidence that in the twelfth century Arabic and Chinese explorers ventured as far as the South Pacific, saw Pouakai, and traded with Maori?
From Kai Tahu's fatal encounter with colonisation to the glories of tenth century Baghdad and ceremonies at the great Tahitian marae Taputapuatea, Hard by the Cloud House is a heady, powerful and seductive mix of history, memoir, science and myth, crafted by an esteemed writer. Creative non-fiction at its best.
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ISBN-13: 9781991016713
ISBN-10: 1991016719
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 138 x 210 mm
Editura: Massey University Press
Colecția Massey University Press