In Sight of the Lake & Sound of the Sea.

Murray Patterson.

An extremely comprehensive and well illustrated history of the Lakeside, Sedgemere and Tuamutu districts of of coastal Canterbury. The author is a local man who worked on his text for some twenty years. The story begins with the migration to the area by Ngai Tahu and then the arrival of the pakeha sealers and whalers, followed by the settlers who took up the runs and established the farms of today. Scarce.

Published for the author by Copylink Ltd., Christchurch, 1998.

Softback. 402 pages.

SECONDHAND. Fine condition.