High Country Lark

An Invitation To Paradise

Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Science & Nature, Nature, Environment, Ecology
Cover of the book High Country Lark by Neville Peat, Penguin Random House New Zealand
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Neville Peat ISBN: 9781775535386
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand Publication: December 16, 2013
Imprint: RHNZ Adult ebooks Language: English
Author: Neville Peat
ISBN: 9781775535386
Publisher: Penguin Random House New Zealand
Publication: December 16, 2013
Imprint: RHNZ Adult ebooks
Language: English

**An award-wining writer travels through the New Zealand high country.**An unusual summons from an old, itinerant acquaintance - known as the Lark - piques author Neville Peat's curiosity. The invitation to meet in the mountains around Glenorchy is timely: he's keen to head into the high country to investigate recent reports of sightings of the near-extinct kokako.The South Island high country has an allure all its own. New Zealand's equivalent of the Wild West, it's a rustic, spectacularly beautiful frontier, combining wild alpine beauty, beech forest and mirror-still lakes.The Head of Lake Wakatipu has attracted Maori for the dazzling local pounamu; itssublime beauty has seduced European tourists, artists, writers and farm-holders sincethe nineteenth century. Author Neville Peat sets off on a fascinating trail that takes him deep into the hills to explore local history, legend and land politics. He skilfully blends the characters and stories of the past - those of Arawata Bill and Joseph Fenn among them - with a powerful sense of place and concerns for the future.In prose as fine as snow-caps reflected in lake water, Peat brings us an extraordinaryregion - from the laconic humour of the locals, to the last chance we might have to halt the demise of several threatened native species. High Country Lark is the third in Peat's acclaimed 'Lark' series.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

**An award-wining writer travels through the New Zealand high country.**An unusual summons from an old, itinerant acquaintance - known as the Lark - piques author Neville Peat's curiosity. The invitation to meet in the mountains around Glenorchy is timely: he's keen to head into the high country to investigate recent reports of sightings of the near-extinct kokako.The South Island high country has an allure all its own. New Zealand's equivalent of the Wild West, it's a rustic, spectacularly beautiful frontier, combining wild alpine beauty, beech forest and mirror-still lakes.The Head of Lake Wakatipu has attracted Maori for the dazzling local pounamu; itssublime beauty has seduced European tourists, artists, writers and farm-holders sincethe nineteenth century. Author Neville Peat sets off on a fascinating trail that takes him deep into the hills to explore local history, legend and land politics. He skilfully blends the characters and stories of the past - those of Arawata Bill and Joseph Fenn among them - with a powerful sense of place and concerns for the future.In prose as fine as snow-caps reflected in lake water, Peat brings us an extraordinaryregion - from the laconic humour of the locals, to the last chance we might have to halt the demise of several threatened native species. High Country Lark is the third in Peat's acclaimed 'Lark' series.

More books from Penguin Random House New Zealand

Cover of the book Billy Bird by Neville Peat
Cover of the book Scarface and the Angel by Neville Peat
Cover of the book All That Glitters by Neville Peat
Cover of the book New Beginnings at Lilyfields by Neville Peat
Cover of the book The Thrill of Falling by Neville Peat
Cover of the book Ecoman by Neville Peat
Cover of the book Easy Salad Recipes by Neville Peat
Cover of the book Staying In Love by Neville Peat
Cover of the book Fathers Who Dare Win by Neville Peat
Cover of the book The Fall of Light by Neville Peat
Cover of the book The Earth Cries Out by Neville Peat
Cover of the book Cross the River to Home by Neville Peat
Cover of the book Dare Truth or Promise by Neville Peat
Cover of the book Catching the Current by Neville Peat
Cover of the book The Last Everyday Hero by Neville Peat
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy