Highland Biographies

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    Burt's Letters From The North Of Scotland Edward Burt
    This is one of the most detailed, yet entertaining, sources of information on life and customs in the Highlands during the mid-eighteenth century.
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    Columba Bernard MacLaverty
    Celebrate the life of Columba with this story of his remarkable journey to Iona and his life on the island. As he investigates the legends which surround the saint, Bernard Mac Laverty investigates how these stories evolved.
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    Green: A Caithness Childhood Valerie Carr
    This account of childhood in the 1950s and 1960s centres around Latheronwheel, a small village in Caithness. Brimful of anecdotes, the book sets out to evoke country life and a child's relationship both with adults and nature.
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    Hugh MacDonald: Highlander, Jacobite And Bishop John Watts
    This is the story of the man who, as the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Highlands, played a crucial role in the development of the Church, both in Scotland and the New World.
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    Jessie Kesson: Writing Her Life Isobel Murray
    Surviving a deprived, institutionalised childhood in the workhouse of Inverness, Jessie Kesson took on a huge variety of jobs in London and became a skilled social worker as well as a respected and accomplished writer. This is her biography.
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    Lachann Dubh A'Chrògain: Lachlan Livingstone And His Grandsons Maighread Dhòmhnallach Lobban
    Born in 1819, Lachlan Livingstone - also known as Lachann Dubh a'Chrògain - was a bard and piper to MacLaine of Lochbuie in Mull until his death in 1901. This book pays tribute to Livingstone, as well as looking at his grandsons who continued the family tradition.
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    Life Of St Columba Adamnan
    Columba (521-97) became a central figure in the 'Age of Saints' when he founded his famous monastery on the island of Iona. St Adomnan (circa 624-704) was Abbot of Iona, and wrote this account of St Columba's life 100 years after Columba's death.
  • Cover scan of The Prophecies Of The Brahan Seer
    The Prophecies Of The Brahan Seer Alexander Mackenzie
    Coinneach Odhar, the Brahan Seer, was known for a string of prophecies concerning the Highlands. This revised edition contains a commentary which expands on the original text and examines how far each prophecy has been fulfilled.
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    Roots In A Northern Landscape
    This is a collection of memories presenting a picture of family & community life in NE Scotland as experienced from a child's perspective around the time of WW2. Contributors include David Kerr, Stuart Hood, Iain Davidson, & Gordon Lawrence.
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    Twelve Light Years Margaret Aitken
    Between 1954 and 1966 Margaret Aitken lived in two lighthouses while her husband was a lighthouse keeper. This is the story of those years, presenting an insight into an unconventional family life in which even basic everyday tasks all acquired a new dimension.