The Legacy of Guilt: A Life of Thomas Kendall (1968) by Judith Binney

This is a second-hand copy of the book.

Condition: This is a used book in good condition. This copy has no dustjacket.

Publisher: University of Auckland
Year: 1968
Format: Hardback (no dustjacket)
Pages: 220
Condition: Used (Good)

The archetypal story of Thomas Kendall, a self-torturing, struggling missionary in nineteenth-century New Zealand, is also a remarkable history of cross-cultural experience.

Posted to New Zealand in 1814, Kendall was immensely devout but entirely unprepared for dealing with Māori. He nonetheless helped produce the first Māori Grammar, but was hindered by rumours of an affair with a Māori chief’s daughter. Dismissed from his duties in 1823, he continued studying Māori culture until his death nearly a decade later.

Long out of print, this work by a leading New Zealand historian tells an absorbing story of the difficulties and dangers of the evangelical mission.