Format 172 pages, A5 paperback. Overseas postage charged at cost. About the Book Written in Iris Nolan's charming, lyrical style, A Traveller Backtracks collects together stories about motoring and tramping in New Zealand first published in the 1930s to 1950s, alongside unpublished anecdotes. After each of the earlier stories is an update about how things are today. The book spans her travels throughout New Zealand from Invercargill to Ninety Mile Beach.
Many contemporary photographs illustrate the stories.
What would a tramper have experienced in Fiordland in the 1930s. I E Dickens, Iris Nolan started writing about her travels around New Zealand during the mid 1930s. Articles appeared in magazines including The New Zealand Traveller , New Zealand Outdoor , The New Zealand Railways Magazine , The Monocle . The New Zealand Motor World . All are reproduced in this book.