Dundee Local History & Biography

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  Dae Yeh Mind Thon Time?: Tales From The Dundee Tenements - Paperback - Mae Stewart
  Mae Stewart was brought up in Dundee in the 1940s and 50s: although it was a world without television, inside toilets or electric light, her life was filled with fun. In 'Dae Yeh Mind Thon Time' Mae provides a nostalgic look at life in the tenements.
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  Teatime Tales From Dundee - Paperback - Maureen Reynolds
  Maureen Reynolds was born and brought up in Dundee and her new collection of stories from the city is a nostalgic and affectionate look back at the city as it once was.
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  We'll Send Ye Tae The Mars: The Story Of Dundee's Legendary Training Ship - Paperback - Gordon Douglas
  This is the story of a famous Dundee landmark. Launched in 1848, the Mars Training Ship was used to teach homeless and destitute boys new skills and keep them out of trouble. This book details the life and times of the Mars, the people who ran it and the boys from Dundee, Glasgow and Edinburgh who were trained there.
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  The Nipper: The Heartbreaking True Story Of A Little Boy And His Violent Childhood In Working-Class Dundee - Paperback - Charlie Mitchell
  Beaten & tortured by a violent alcoholic father in '70s poverty-stricken Dundee, Charlie's early life was one of poverty & misery, but at least he had his best friend Bonnie, a German Shepherd puppy, to turn to.
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  Lost Dundee - Hardback - Charles McKean; Patricia Whatley
  'Lost Dundee' brings the second city of Renaissance Scotland back to life showing, through previously undiscovered photographs and drawings, the life and the maritime quarter of this great port.
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  The Winter Whale - Hardback - Jim Crumley
  In late November 1893, a humpback whale followed herring shoals into the Tay estuary, and travelled as far upstream as Dundee docks. 'The Winter Whale' is a remarkable historical set piece, a product of its time, although even then public opinion was divided between glee and outrage, pro-whaler and pro-whale.
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  Dundee Women's Trail: Twenty Five Footsteps Over Four Centuries - Paperback - Mary Henderson
  The Dundee Women's Trail is a series of bronze plaques placed on buildings throughout the city which hold some significance to the women they commemorate. This book presents brief biographies of the women, bringing to life the times in which they lived and the circumstances which shaped them.
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  Battle For The North: The Tay And Forth Bridges And The 19th-Century Railway Wars - Paperback - Charles McKean
  Presenting a dramatic and scandalous story of the building of the Tay and Forth Bridges and the 19th century railway wars, this work explores the complicated reality underlying the Victorian pursuit of progress.
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  Voices In The Street: Growing Up In Dundee - Paperback - Maureen Reynolds
  Born in Dundee in 1938, Maureen Reynolds grew up in wartime Scotland, a young girl surrounded by adult concerns and as she came of age, a whole generation seemed to suddenly do the same, with the rise of the Teddy Boy and rock'n'roll.
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  Dundee: A Short History - Paperback - Norman Watson
  Norman Watson gives a history of Dundee from revisiting the city's origins to describing its recent achievements. He describes the city's thrilling and turbulent history, its poverty and prosperity, its see-sawing cultural identity and growing reputation in science, education and the arts.