The Press Baron and the Kiwi

Stock Code:
BAE4022
Price:
$35.00

Description

The Press Baron and the Kiwi by A. A. Copland. Foreword by David Richardson. 'Sandy Copland was one of New Zealand's contributions to the British war effort. Sent to England in 1942 to try and teach old-fashioned farmers how to grow grass the New Zealand way he quickly clashed with authority in the shape of the War Agricultural Committees. His independence of thought and action made him an embarrassment to bureaucracy, but attracted the attention of another colonial helping to win the War, the Minister of Aircraft Production, Lord Beaverbrook. The Press Baron invited Sandy Copland to manage his farms; arranged the transfer of employment at the highest possible level in Whitehall, and thus began a turbulent hut highly successful partnership which was to last for thirty-six-years. This book tells the story of those years. Packed with anecdotes about the Beaver and his famous friends it is also an agricultural success story of an enterprise which eventually covered 13 farms totaling 2,500 acres, milking 1,000 cows and marketing thousands of tonnes of Cheddar cheese. Sandy Copland was a pioneer in his farming and now emerges as a natural, powerful writer and above all a countryman.'

Details

  • Author:
    Copland, A.A.
  • Book Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Publisher:
    Springwood Books
  • Edition:
    First
  • Jacket Condition:
    Good Plus
  • Binding:
    Hard Cover
  • Location:
    xb4
  • ISBN:
    0862541212
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    232
  • Publish Date:
    1985
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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