| Description |
1 online resource (292 pages) |
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Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
In 1918, a miner on the run from the military wrote a letter to his sweetheart. Two months later he was in jail. Like millions of others, his letter had been steamed open by a team of censors shrouded in secrecy. Using their confiscated mail as a starting point, Dead Letters reveals the remarkable stories of people caught in the web of wartime surveillance. Among them were a feisty German-born socialist, an affectionate Irish nationalist, a love-struck miner, an aspiring Maxim Gorky, and two mystical dairy farmers with a poetic bent. Military censorship within New Zealand meant that their letters were stopped, confiscated, and filed away, sealed and unread for over 100 years. Until now. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
HISTORY / Oceania.
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Government, Resistance to -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century.
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Freedom of the press -- New Zealand.
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Censorship -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781988531953 (pdf) |
| Standard No. |
9781988531953 |
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