{"product_id":"william-tiraha-a-biographical-novel","title":"William \u0026 Tiraha -- A Biographical Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaihia, 1823, and William Cook is injured, abandoned\u003cbr\u003eby his whaling ship. He is nursed at the Mission by\u003cbr\u003eTiraha, whāngai daughter of the great chief Nene.\u003cbr\u003eFifty years later, this couple’s grandson meets his\u003cbr\u003egrandparents for the first time and hears the story of\u003cbr\u003etheir long life together.\u003cbr\u003eAbraham senses long-buried secrets as his grandfather\u003cbr\u003etells how, abandoned once again, this time with a\u003cbr\u003eyoung family in the isolated deep south, he and Tiraha\u003cbr\u003edrew on the knowledge and skills of both their cultures to survive, and to escape.\u003cbr\u003ePioneer shipbuilders on remote Stewart Island, and\u003cbr\u003emaking ingenious use of scarce resources, William\u003cbr\u003eand Tiraha eventually cross the Tasman with their\u003cbr\u003egrowing family to deliver a new-built vessel for the\u003cbr\u003eWeller brothers. They return, finally, to the Bay of\u003cbr\u003eIslands to witness the coming of British law, the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Flagstaff Wars.\u003cbr\u003eDespite the tensions from their own divided loyalties\u003cbr\u003ein these turbulent times, William and Tiraha grow to\u003cbr\u003eunderstand each other and the new country they are\u003cbr\u003ehelping to shape.\u003cbr\u003eA first-person story inside a nineteenth-century\u003cbr\u003ememoir, constructed as a novel – Michael Littlewood\u003cbr\u003ehas taken historical evidence and family lore and\u003cbr\u003eproduced a compelling work of biographical fiction for\u003cbr\u003eadventure-seekers, seafarers and anyone intrigued by\u003cbr\u003ethe earliest days of Pākehā–Māori relations. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher -- Quentin Wilson Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat -- Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anec•dote","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55082407756079,"sku":"NB0113","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0912\/0579\/6143\/files\/WILLIAM-AND-TIRAHA.jpg?v=1773284078","url":"https:\/\/anec-dote.co.nz\/products\/william-tiraha-a-biographical-novel","provider":"Anec•dote","version":"1.0","type":"link"}