Black boots and buttonhooks /

Johnston, Phyllis, 1935-

Black boots and buttonhooks / Phyllis Johnston ; with drawings by Ernest Papps. - Wellington [N.Z.] : Price Milburn, 1982. - 168 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm. - May series ; book 2. . - Johnston, Phyllis, 1935- author. May series ; book 2. .

Novel for children. Sequel to No one went to town / Phyllis Johnston, published 1980.

Based on the story of the Tarrant family who were pioneer farmers near Piopio in the King Country. When conditions prove too tough for May and her mother, they spend the winter at the Grand Hotel, Te Kuiti before returning to life on the new farm.

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Tarrant family--Children's fiction.


Frontier and pioneer life--New Zealand--Children's fiction.
Pioneers--New Zealand--Biography--Children's fiction.


Stratford District (N.Z.)--History--Children's fiction.


Children's stories, New Zealand.

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