High country woman : my life on Rees Valley Station / Iris Scott, with Geraldine O'Sullivan Beere.

Nā:

Scott, Iris, 1947- [author.]

Kaituhi:

O'Sullivan Beere, Geraldine [author.]

Momo rauemi: Text

TextKaiwhakaputa:Auckland, N.Z. : Random House, 2012.Whakaahuatanga: 348 pages : color illustrations , maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9781869798208

Ngā marau:

DDC classification:

636.301092 22

Summary: "When she was widowed, with three children, in 1992 Iris Scott had to call on all her farming skill and inner strength to carry on as the run-holder of the 150-year-old, 18,000-hectare Rees Valley Station at the head of Lake Wakatipu, near Glenorchy. Not only that, she also had to keep up her veterinary practice. High country woman is the engaging story of Iris Scott's love of our high country and her determination to farm it successfully while upholding high conservation and land-guardianship values." --Back cover.

Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.

Ngā puringa
Momo tuemi	Tauwāhi onāianei	Kohinga	Tau karanga	Tau tārua	Tūnga	Rā oti	Waeherepae	Ngā puringa tuemi
Nonfiction	Stratford Nonfiction	Nonfiction	920 SCO (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below))	1	Wātea		A00667012

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Includes bibliographical references.

"When she was widowed, with three children, in 1992 Iris Scott had to call on all her farming skill and inner strength to carry on as the run-holder of the 150-year-old, 18,000-hectare Rees Valley Station at the head of Lake Wakatipu, near Glenorchy. Not only that, she also had to keep up her veterinary practice. High country woman is the engaging story of Iris Scott's love of our high country and her determination to farm it successfully while upholding high conservation and land-guardianship values." --Back cover.

Tākupu nā

11/11/2013

My admiration for a woman who took up the challenge to work in a man's world and make a success against all odds.

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