{"product_id":"kennedys-colonial-travel-a-narrative-of-a-four-years-tour-through-australia-new-zealand-canada-etc-paperback-9781108039918","title":"Kennedy's Colonial Travel; A Narrative of a Four Years' Tour through Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc. (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108039918","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKennedy's Colonial Travel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Narrative of a Four Years' Tour through Australia, New Zealand, Canada, etc.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis vivid account of experiences on a musical tour through Australia, New Zealand and North America was published in 1876.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Kennedy, Jr (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108039918, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e454 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.6 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePublished in 1876, this vivid, action-packed account describes the experiences of David Kennedy Jr (1849–85) as he toured the world with his musician father and family choir between 1872 and 1876 performing 'The Songs of Scotland'. Kennedy travelled through 'nearly every town and village in Australia, New Zealand and Canada', and over a three-year period wrote articles recording his impressions for publication in Edinburgh newspapers; this book is an edited and expanded compilation of those pieces. Kennedy describes places and events including Sydney Harbour, floods in Melbourne, the New Zealand volcanic country, a violent storm at sea, the cosmopolitan, frenetic atmosphere of San Francisco, the American trans-continental railway and a Canadian snowstorm. His closely observed vignettes of local society are particularly fine, and depict entertainments and pastimes, education and worship, and indigenous traditions as well as individuals such as innkeepers, stage-coach drivers, travellers, miners, and particularly his fellow Scots.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Arriving at Port Phillip\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ballarat\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sandhurst\u003cbr\u003e 4. A squatting-station\u003cbr\u003e 5. Overland from Melbourne to Sydney\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sydney and Sydney Harbour\u003cbr\u003e 7. Brisbane\u003cbr\u003e 8. Rockhampton\u003cbr\u003e 9. The New England district\u003cbr\u003e 10. A trip through Tasmania\u003cbr\u003e 11. South Australia\u003cbr\u003e 12. Voyage to New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e 13. A tour through Otago\u003cbr\u003e 14. Lake Wakatip\u003cbr\u003e 15. Perilous fording of the Waitaki\u003cbr\u003e 16. Wellington\u003cbr\u003e 17. Taranaki\u003cbr\u003e 18. The Waikato Valley\u003cbr\u003e 19. The volcanic country\u003cbr\u003e 20. Pierre's 'Maison de Repos'\u003cbr\u003e 21. Lake Taupo\u003cbr\u003e 22. Crossing the Manawatu Gorge\u003cbr\u003e 23. A flood in Melbourne\u003cbr\u003e 24. The Sandwich Island\u003cbr\u003e 25. California\u003cbr\u003e 26. The trans-continental railway\u003cbr\u003e 27. Crossing into Canada\u003cbr\u003e 28. Winter life in Ontario\u003cbr\u003e 29. Country churches in Ontario\u003cbr\u003e 30. Montreal\u003cbr\u003e 31. The maritime provinces\u003cbr\u003e 32. Newfoundland.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Australasian \u0026amp; Pacific history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Australasian%20\u0026amp;%20Pacific%20history%20%5BHBJM%5D%22\"\u003eHBJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266061488408,"sku":"9781108039918","price":34.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108039918i.jpg?v=1696746432","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kennedys-colonial-travel-a-narrative-of-a-four-years-tour-through-australia-new-zealand-canada-etc-paperback-9781108039918","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}