Books and Boots: The Story of New Zealand Publisher, Writer and Long-Distance Walker Alfred Hamish Reed

A. H. Reed's enduring contribution to his adopted homeland was as a publisher, writer, and benefactor, but he is also fondly remembered by many as a long-distance walker. He was born in England in 1875 and migrated to New Zealand with his family in 1887. With the barest of formal education, he transcended his working roots in the Northland gumfields to found and nurture the publishing firm of A. H. & A. W. Reed.