The wives of Henry Oades
By: Johanna Moran
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leicester, Eng
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
ISBN-13: 9781444805055
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Kidnapping; Immigrants; Fiction
Description: In 1890, Henry Oades undertakes the arduous sea voyage from England to New Zealand to further his family's fortunes. Once there however, disaster strikes in unexpected ways. A local Maori tribe kidnaps Mrs. Oades and her children, and vanishes into the hills. Henry searches ceaselessly for his family, but they must be dead. In despair he ships out to San Francisco, where he eventually marries a young widow.