Wild Pork and Watercress
$13.92
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2023
Summary
When Social Welfare threatens to put Ricky into care, the overweight Maori boy and cantankerous Uncle Hec flee into the remote and rugged Ureweras. The impassable bush serves up perilous adventures, forcing the pair of misfits to use all their skills to survive hunger, wild pigs and the vagaries of the weather. Worse still are the authorities, determined to bring Ricky and Uncle Hec to justice. But despite the difficulties of life on the run, a bond of trust and love blossoms between the worl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776950720 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776950720 |
| Author: | Barry Crump |
| Publisher: | Penguin Group (NZ) |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 128g |
| Dimensions: | 180mm x 113mm x 14mm |
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About The Author
Barry Crump
Barry Crump (d. 1996) began writing humorous sketches of life as a government deer-culler and pig hunter, publishing these as A Good Keen Man in 1960. By 1992 his New Zealand book sales were estimated at more than a million copies. As well as a bestselling author, Crump was an actor, television personality, poet, radio commentator, traveller, goldminer, photographer and more. Crump wrote 24 books in his lifetime, was married five times and had six children, all sons.
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