Over Alps and Plains in Cobb’s Name

Peter Savage covers the subject in intimate detail—including a description of the alpine section over Arthur’s Pass, the stable rules for the care of horses, and duties of the coach drivers and grooms. He also delves into how travel and transport influenced settlement, and how floods, snow, landslides and earthquakes impacted the landscape. Filled with images collected over Peter’s twenty-plus years of research, Over Alps and Plains in Cobb’s Name gives the reader an insight into the New Zealand stagecoach era, which came to an end over a hundred years ago.