An Outsider Looks Back: Reflections on Experience by Ormond Wilson

... Born Into The Colonial Gentry, Ormond Wilson Was To Become One Of New Zealand's Leading Left Wing Intellectuals. He Was A Member Of The First Labour Government, An Executive In The Bbc, And For Many Years Chairman Of The Historic Places Trust. These Memoirs Trace His Path From A Sheltered Childhood Through Exhilarating Student Years At Oxford And Germany, And So To The Socialism That Was To Influence Him For The Rest Of His Life. In The Background There Is Always The Land: The Farm At Mount Lees In The Rangitikei And The Beautiful Bush Garden That He Established There On His Return From England As A Young Man. -- Inside Front Cover. Memoirs Of A Member Of The First Labour Government, An Executive In The Bbc, And For Many Years Chairman Of The Historic Places Trust -- Dust Jacket. Ormond Wilson.

Publisher:	Port Nicholson Press
Year:	1982
Binding:	Hardback
ISBN:	0908635028
Condition:	Good
Description:	DJ; Owner's Name inside. DJ sunned and rubbed.

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SKU: 1334104
Location: NZ Bio