James Cowan
James Cowan was a New Zealand non-fiction author, noted for his books on colonial history and Māori ethnography. A fluent Māori speaker, he interviewed many veterans of the New Zealand Wars. His book The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Māori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period (1922–23) is his best known work.
The adventures of Kimble Bent: A story of wild life in the New Zealand bush
A British soldier's bold escape into the New Zealand wilderness leads him to embrace a new life among the Maori, challenging his loyalties and redefining his identity.
By James Cowan
Maori folk-tales of the Port Hills, Canterbury, New Zealand
Discover the mystical link between the ancient volcanic landscape and the captivating Maori legends of New Zealand's Port Hills.
By James Cowan
The old frontier: Te Awamutu, the story of the Waipa Valley The missionary, the soldier, the pioneer farmer, early colonization, the war in Waikato, life on the Maori border and later-day settlement
Discover a land where ancient Maori fortresses meet European settlers, missionaries bring change, and war shakes a valley's very foundation.
By James Cowan