Catton, Eleanor
Summary: It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: A wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC CATMoran, Johanna.
Summary: A family epic based on a true story follows the experiences of Henry Oades, who in the late 19th century loses his family to Maori kidnappers and remarries in California only to learn of his original family's escape, a situation that compels him to live in bigamy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books Trade Paperbacks 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORMoran, Johanna.
Summary: When Henry Oades accepts a post in New Zealand, his wife and children follow him to the exotic land only to be kidnapped by native Maori. Henry searches for months until all hope is lost and his family is presumed dead. He eventually picks up the pieces of his life in a new country with a new family but his happiness is short-lived when his first wife and children arrive causing Henry and both...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010