The Red Stags of the Rakaia (1970) by D. Bruce Banwell

This is a second-hand copy of the book The Red Stags of the Rakaia (1970) by D. Bruce Banwell. 

Condition: This is a used book in very good condition. The dustjacket has shelf-wear with creasing and rubbing - see photos. A previous owner has written their name inside the front cover.

Publisher: A.H. & A.W. Reed
Year: 1970
ISBN: 0589004859
Format: Hardback with dustjacket
Pages: 165
Condition: Used (Very Good)

"THE RED DEER of the Rakaia herd, whose ancestors were liberated in Canterbury in 1897, have rewarded New Zealand and overseas hunters with some of the most magnificent trophies ever seen in the world. The herd’s history can be traced back to the Domesday Book of 1086 AD and thence through the centuries, with the addition of German blood to the English park-bred stock, to the period when the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society empowered one of its members to arrange the purchase of ten animals for introduction to New Zealand. This history, and the growth and spread of the herd north and south of the point of liberation, and its crossing of the Main Divide over into the Westland valley, are recorded fully and with meticulous accuracy by Mr Banwell, whose two earlier books — Wapiti in New Zealand and The Highland Stags of Otago — demonstrated his skill in combining thorough research with a bright and fluent style. He has gone to the greatest possible lengths to secure the authentic details of the great stalks and trophies, giving the dimensions of each trophy and the circumstance in which it was secured; and his narrative is interspersed with the typical yarns — humorous and not-so-funny — that hunting in New Zealand’s most rugged and inhospitable areas always produces. This book is an invaluable work of standard reference. It is also a most lively and readable saga of a herd whose trophies have become world-famous among sportsmen."