Willie Gavin, crofter man : a portrait of a land and its rituals
Cameron, David Kerr, 1928-20031995
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Willie Gavin, Crofter Man is a portrait of a crofting life in the bare and sometimes bitter landscape of Scotland's North-east lowlands. It is the closely reconstructed life of one man in particular, and beyond that, the wider story of a croft and its people, assembled from the family's folk memories. Willie Gavin's real identity has been blurred, but this is essentially a true story and is illustrated with a fascinating selection of period photographs. Through the eyes of Willie Gavin we experience the hardships and wretched lifestyle endured by crofters throughout Scotland.
Main title:
Willie Gavin, crofter man : a portrait of a land and its rituals / by David Kerr Cameron.
Author:
Cameron, David Kerr, 1928-2003, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 1995.
Collation:
221 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Gollancz, 1980.
ISBN:
18747441739781874744177
Dewey class:
941.21081920.GAVI333.4630.0941941.2081941.2630.1941.08CAM920GAV
Local class:
920.GAVI941.1081630.1AT2 920.GAVAT2
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
CroftersSocial lifeScotlandGrampian Region, ca 1880-1930
BRN:
504474
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