Shooting Folly As It Flies is the first biography of New Zealand's first political cartooonist, the Dunedin engraver and artist, James Brown, and reproduces all of his surviving cartoons, many of which have not previously been published. They constitute what the book describes as a rare visual record of and a remarkable and enduring commentary on the factional and fickle world of settler politics in ninenteenth century New Zealand.
Shooting Folly As It Flies is the first biography of New Zealand's first political cartooonist, the Dunedin engraver and artist, James Brown, and reproduces all of his surviving cartoons, many of which have not previously been published. They constitute what the book describes as a rare visual record of and a remarkable and enduring commentary on the factional and fickle world of settler politics in ninenteenth century New Zealand.
Preface
Part 1 The Life
Chapter 1 Calico Ink In The Blood
Chapter 2 Down In Dun Eideann
Chapter 3 Carving Out A Career
Chapter 4 Drawing To An End
Part 2 The Lines
Chapter 5 The Organ Grinder’s Monkey
Chapter 6 Portrait Of A Cartoonist
Notes
Bibliography
Ian Dougherty is a Dunedin-based historian. He was born and raised in the southern city and has a Master of Arts degree in history from Otago University. He is the author of 29 books on New Zealand history, biography, culture and society.
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