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by Paul W. Feenstra (Author)
A nostalgic, character-driven collection of rural New Zealand short stories
Gunpowder Green is a richly textured collection of nostalgic short stories that capture the grit, humour, and quiet resilience of rural New Zealand life across the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Set against sheep stations, small towns, bush settlements, and isolated farms, these vividly drawn stories explore ordinary people caught in extraordinary moments - neighbours locked in stubborn disputes, small communities delivering their own brand of justice, young love shadowed by war, and characters whose lives are shaped by land, weather, and circumstance. From the rolling hills of Taranaki to Otago's high country and beyond, each tale is steeped in place, history, and authenticity.
At the heart of the collection is Burt Jenkins, a solitary hill-country farmer whose fondness for Gunpowder Green tea becomes an unlikely symbol of tradition, quiet defiance, and dry wit. Surrounding his story are others that range from warmly comic to deeply moving, revealing the moral codes, tensions, and camaraderie that define close-knit rural communities.
