Hard Case Heroes: Stories from the Abel Tasman

HARD-CASE HEROES – Stories from the Abel Tasman, focuses on some of the quirky and largely untold characters associated with the Abel Tasman coast and its uplands. Early settlers and park rangers, an island hermit and defiant squatters, graziers and limestone miners. Hard-Core Heroes is a highly readable and engaging book about a remarkable corner of New Zealand, written by a local with a love of the area and a nose for a good story. These largely untold and gritty stories from our social history will interest anyone who has experienced the Abel Tasm National Park, New Zealand’s smallest and most visited national park, arguably our most beautiful too.