Anderton: His Life and Times

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Anderton: His Life and Times
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Grant
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:504
Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 170
ISBN/Barcode 9781776920563
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Te Herenga Waka University Press
Imprint Te Herenga Waka University Press
Publication Date 20 October 2022
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

Jim Anderton, the Labour rebel who founded a new political movement and became deputy prime minister, is the subject of this compelling, warts-and-all biography by award-winning historian David Grant.

Author Biography

A graduate of Canterbury and Auckland Universities, David Grant became a professional historian in 1991, after successful careers in newspaper journalism and secondary school teaching. This is his fourteenth published book and his third biography. He has also written many essays and articles for a wide range of historical publications, and has appeared in film, television and radio documentary programmes. A founding executive member of PHANZA (Professional Historians' Association of New Zealand Aotearoa), David is a life member and former chairperson of the Labour History Project, and is a trustee and secretary of the Collective Media Trust, a collective of prominent film-makers. He lives in Wellington.