Walking with cattle : in search of the last drovers of Uist
Williams, Terry2017
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Place reservation for Walking with cattle : in search of the last drovers of UistDroving was once the lifeblood of Scotland's rural economy, and for centuries Scotland's glens and mountain passes were alive with thousands of cattle making their way to the market trysts of Crieff and Falkirk. With the Industrial Revolution, ships, railways and eventually lorries took over the drovers' trade. Except, however, in the Western Isles, where droving on foot continued until the mid-1960s. In this book Terry J. Williams follows the route of the drovers and their cattle from the remote Atlantic coast of Uist to the Highland marts.
Main title:
Walking with cattle : in search of the last drovers of Uist / Terry Williams.
Author:
Williams, Terry, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2017.
Collation:
160 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781780274881 (pbk)
Dewey class:
636.2083636.208941.17636.2
LC class:
SF197
Local class:
636.208
Language:
English
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BRN:
1976100
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