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Shooting Folly As It Flies
The Life And Lines Of New Zealand's First Political Cartoonist James Brown

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Paperback, 84 pages
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New Zealand, 9 May 2022

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.


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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.

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9780473619619
ISBN
047361961X
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103 colour and black and white illustrations
Dimensions
24 x 17 centimetres

Table of Contents

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

About the Author

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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