Grace Hirst: A Settler's Life in New Plymouth

Grace Hirst - A Settler's Life in New Plymouth is an important family and social history based on a treasure-trove of letters sent to her family in England over nearly 50 years.Primary sources of history such as this provide rich insight into the experiences of our first settlers, from their harrowing voyages to an unknown country, to their struggles to build homes and livelihoods against the odds...