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Tutira, The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station

Tutira, The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station

by Herbert Guthrie-Smith  •  William Cronon (Introduction)

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
  • OUT OF PRINT

First published in 1921, this loving acount of the ecology of New Zealand focuses on Guthrie-Smith's 40,000-sheep shearing station on the shores of Lake Tutira. He covers the geologic setting, ecology and and impact of sheep on the region. With line drawings, maps and a few period photographs. A Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classic, this edition of the classic environmental history is championed by historian William Cronon.  (NZL26, $24.95)

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