Description: Further DetailsTitle: Cricketing ColonistsCondition: NewEAN: 9781927145685ISBN: 9781927145685Publisher: Canterbury University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/01/2015Description: John Robert Godley, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, James Edward FitzGerald – these are the names that usually come to mind as the founders of Canterbury. But there was a fourth vitally important individual, arguably equal in importance to FitzGerald, whose story remains largely unknown. William Guise Brittan led the first Canterbury Pilgrims, chaired the Society of Canterbury Colonists and controlled the Land Office in early Christchurch. The 'bell-wether man' of the Canterbury project, he was the first to pay for land in the settlement, inspiring others to follow his example. William Guise Brittan was also known as 'the Father of Cricket' in Canterbury and established three churches in Christchurch. His elder brother Joseph, who joined him in 1852, had a significant influence on local politics and he, too, was a cricket enthusiast. The Brittan brothers were leading figures in the Canterbury settlement, and made substantial contributions to the province, yet they were unpopular, both their careers ended in failure and disappointment and they have been mostly forgotten. This timely and fascinating account seeks to explain why, exploring their work and family lives (and their bank accounts), and along the way providing a richly detailed panorama of life and politics in early Christchurch.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: NZItem Height: 228mmItem Length: 155mmGenre: HistoryAuthor: Rice GeoffreyRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Cricketing Colonists
Title: Cricketing Colonists
EAN: 9781927145685
ISBN: 9781927145685
Release Date: 11/01/2015
Release Year: 2015
Country/Region of Manufacture: NZ
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: Cricketing Colonists : the Brittan Brothers in Early Canterbury
Language: English
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
Subject: Cultural Heritage, Australia & New Zealand, Historical
Publication Year: 2015
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 22.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Geoffrey W. Rice, Frances Ryman
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
