River rules my life book

A river rules my life paperback january 1, 1988 by mona anderson author. In the early 1960s, mona anderson wrote a river rules my life 1963 an account of her life at mt algidus, a highcountry sheep station in canterbury. Mona anderson mount algidus station occupies a mountain range between two ice rivers and lies in the very shadow of the southern alps. A river rules my life hardcover january 1, 1965 by mona anderson author visit amazons mona anderson page. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In the early 1940s algidus was regarded as some of the wildest, roughest farming land in new zealand. Adventurous story of life in the south island highcountry. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. A river rules my life, mona anderson shop online for. A station, in the context of new zealand agriculture, is a large farm dedicated to the grazing of. The original and alltime classic of highcountry station life in new zealand.

Mona andersons most popular book is a river rules my life. Books by mona anderson author of a river rules my life. Mona anderson and her popular books made the high country life famous and accessible to many. It occupied a mountain range between two ice rivers and lay in the very shadow of the southern alps. After youre setup, your website can earn you money while you work, play or even sleep. A river rules my life rivers te ara encyclopedia of.

A river rules my life is an accurate summary the wilberforce river, which separates the 23,000 hectare mount algidus station from the road, is a dangerous, snow fed river, which controls access mostly during the winter and the spring, but at written in 1962, this is an autobiographical depiction of highcountry station life in the wilderness that this part of new zealand was in the 1940s and 50s. A river rules my life mona anderson wrote this classic book about life on a high country station. Published with the mona anderson estate as a beautiful hardback, this new edition brings back the isolated world of the wilberforce, the river that governed monas life for 33 years. A river rules my life kindle edition by anderson, mona. The book was very popular and a sequel, the good logs of algidus, appeared in 1965. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Find a river rules my life by anderson, mona at biblio. Its easy to get started we will give you example code. This 1963 book traces her life and the history of mount algidus. You can earn a 5% commission by selling a river rules my life on your website. The river was the unpredictable wilberforce, a braided river with occasional high flows.

Mona anderson has 15 books on goodreads with 294 ratings. A river rules my life rivers te ara encyclopedia of new zealand. So close to real life that its hard to believe river rules is fiction, but then sometimes real life is so. Mona anderson an autobiographical account of the authors twentythree years at mount algidus station in the canterbury high country. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The book was very popular and a sequel, the good logs of algidus. Mighty ape the nile paperplus whitcoulls the warehouse. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a river rules my life. Mount algidus, the authors home, was one of the great highcountry sheep stations of canterbury. Where earlier accounts of life in nz focussed on man alone, here we see woman. A river rules my life is another secondhand bookshop classic, but one i paid good money for. The original and alltime classic of highcountry station life in new zealand mount algidus, the authors home, was one of the great highcountry sheep stati.