Borders Biographies
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Altrive Tales: Collected Among The Peasantry Of Scotland And From Foreign Adventurers James Hogg
Including a reading list and a Hogg chronology, this edition of 'Altrive Tales' presents one of the greatest achievements by one of Scotland's finest storytellers.
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Anecdotes Of Scott: Anecdotes Of Sir W. Scott And Familiar Anecdotes Of Sir Walter Scott James Hogg
James Hogg knew Sir Walter Scott well and, after Scott's death, wrote an affectionate but frank account of their friendship. His original version was withdrawn from publication and later extensively revised. Rubenstein's edition contains both texts.
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At Home In The Hills: Sense Of Place In The Scottish Borders John N. Gray
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The Collected Letters Of James Hogg James Hogg
James Hogg was a prolific writer of letters, and this compilation features his correspondence with the likes of Scott, Byron and Southey. It also includes some of the tender, if idiosyncratic, love letters he wrote to the Dumfriesshire girl he married at the mature age of 49 years old.
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Electric Shepherd: A Likeness Of James Hogg Karl Miller
A biography of one of Scotland's most unusual literary figures. With no schooling after the age of seven, James Hogg struggled to write and taught himself the violin. Yet he went on to number such literary giants as Wordsworth and Walter Scott among his friends, and to become a poet and novelist.
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Homing: A Memoir Alistair Moffat
Alistair Moffat grew up in the Scottish Borders. After the deaths of his father and grandmother Bina, he discovered that they had kept what they saw as a shaming secret. 'Homing' is a vivid portrayal of Moffat's working-class childhood, as well as an account of his search for the truth about Bina's family.
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The Miracles Of St Æbba Of Coldingham And St Margaret Of Scotland
The two texts edited here are previously unpublished accounts of the miracles of Saint Æbba of Coldingham and Saint Margaret of Scotland. They tell of the miracles performed at or in the vicinity of their shrines in the 12th and 13th centuries, illuminating religious and social life in that period.
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View From The Surgery Ken B. Moody
Loveable old curmudgeon Dr Moody is a general practitioner in the Scottish Borders who writes of his experiences in a regular column in local newspapers. Now, for the first time, he has allowed his friend and confidant David Carvel to select and assemble the best of these articles for a wider readership.
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Centre Of Excellence: The Jim Renwick Story David Barnes
James Menzies Renwick made his international rugby debut for Scotland aged 19. In the years that followed he became, arguably, the most talented rugby player ever to pull on a Scotland jersey - running in some of Scotland's most celebrated and spectacular tries.