Notes from the margins
Subtitle: the West Coast's Peter Hooper
By: Pat White
Publisher: Frontiers Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Alexandra, Central Otago, New Zealand
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780473380663
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Childhood and youth; New Zealand Poets; Biography; History
Description: "The influence of Peter Hooper's work lives on in the students he taught, the young environmentalists he worked with, and those who read with appreciation his award winning writing. Notes from the Margins: the West Coast's Peter Hooper is the story of this poet and author, teacher, bookseller and philosopher. In telling Peter Hooper's life, this biography also becomes a story of the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, and how it influences the lives of those who live there. This is a book written on behalf of many who knew Hooper personally, but there is also much to be gained by others who will be making acquaintance for the first time" --Inside front cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Greymouth, 1958; title: Growing up at Coal Creek; title: Survivor guilt; title: Journey towards an elegy; title: The voices of young men; title: Wilderness and earth-light; title: Walden books; title: Living alone like this; title: Writing a novel; title: The man and the forest; title: Contrary or tenacious; title: West Coast forests; title: The idea of a small press; title: Wind off Walden Pond; title: The desire for autobiography; title: A Linden tree