Logan Campbell's Auckland

In this charming book, Russell Stone, author of the awardwinning From Tamaki-makau-rau to Auckland, recounts 15 tales from his encyclopaedic knowledge of 19th-century colonial Auckland. These include the stories of a newspaper printed on a mangle, of two aborted duels,and the mystery of a suicide. The book not only entertains but also gives a real sense of how the city changed during those crucial early years. Stone strikes the right balance between story telling and historical insight...
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In this charming book, Russell Stone, author of the awardwinning From Tamaki-makau-rau to Auckland, recounts 15 tales from his encyclopaedic knowledge of 19th-century colonial Auckland. These include the stories of a newspaper printed on a mangle, of two aborted duels,and the mystery of a suicide. The book not only entertains but also gives a real sense of how the city changed during those crucial early years. Stone strikes the right balance between story telling and historical insight and provides easy navigation for the modern day general reader by relating present day incidents to the past or past incidents to their present day locations eg, topically, how rugby came ashore and found its way to its home at Eden Park.