THE ATHENAEUMThe Adventures of Kimble BentJames Cowan
History
The Adventures of Kimble Bent
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textKimble Bent, an American-born soldier in a British regiment, deserted in Taranaki in 1865 and went over to the Māori who were fighting it, living with them through the wars that followed. In old age he told his story to James Cowan, who published it in 1911. It is one of the strangest true stories of the New Zealand Wars.
The librarian
- Reading time
- About 4 hr 55 min
- Where to find it
- The New Zealand Room, at the Antipodes
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #45688. In the public domain in the United States.