Campbell, John Logan,  1817-1912 <br/><br/>
Poenamo :  sketches of the early days in New Zealand : romance and reality of Antipodean life in the infancy of a new colony / 
John Logan Campbell ; with an introduction by Joan Stevens ; Maori references edited by James Cowan. 
 - New Zealand edition. 
 - xvii, 239 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates :  illustrations, facsimile, map, portrait ;  23 cm 
<br/><br/> Reprinted 1953, Whitcombe & Tombs job no. G4108.  First ed. published: London & Edinburgh : Williams and Norgate, 1881.  "Published with the aid of the New Zealand Literary Fund"--Title page verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Myself : Why & how I became a doctor : decision to emigrate -- Ho for the great South land -- I forswear the great convict land -- Town that never was : King of Waiau -- Start on the exploring expedition -- We sing & row ourselves over the Hauraki -- Timber-draggers : pull for dear life -- Night camp : Morning's vision -- Isthmus of corinth of the Antipodes -- Mess of pottage which floored the King of Waiau's grand scheme -- With the Maori on the Hauraki Shore : Why we invaded Waiomu -- We are adopted by the Ngati Tamatera -- We secure apartments for the Winter season -- De Pluribus Maori rebus -- Maori wake (Tangi) -- Gunpowder explosion : Doctor wanted -- Steeped in Tapu -- Maori philosophy -- Farewell to Waiomu -- How a new colony is born to an old nation : Two pioneer pakehas of the Waitemata -- Monarchs of all they surveyed : Monarchs turn well-sinkers -- I present our credentials to the Ngatitai : Early missionary -- I learn what Taihoa means -- Writing in expectancy -- My maiden venture in the field of commerce -- Capital is born to us : Flagstaff that was never accepted -- We change the current of our lives : we visit our newly born child -- How we shave a pig -- We adopt our child -- Capital of Poenamo in 1841 : how we lived then -- An episode : Our first Maori scare : Conclusion -- To my children. 
<br/><br/> Bagnall,  C99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Campbell, John Logan, 1817-1912 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Frontier and pioneer life--New Zealand--Auckland
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>New Zealand--Description and travel<br/>Auckland (N.Z.)--Description and travel<br/>Coromandel Peninsula (N.Z.)--Description and travel<br/>Browns Island (N.Z.)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DU422.C3  / A3 1952 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>919.31104 919.32042