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| #3826022 in Books | Birlinn Ltd | 2010-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.50 x5.00 x1.00l,.82 | File type: PDF | 384 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| different view of history|By sildhe mac|I enjoyed the slant this book gave to the oft told story of the Highland Clearances. While nothing could change the overall sad feelings one experiences when reading of the inhumane treatment of so many poor people,this book puts an authentic face on the stories and uses primary sources to give a new view and a truth sometimes missing in||'An outstanding book' - The Herald 'He has the eye, the imagination and the descriptive density of early Bruce Chatwin' - Toronto Globe & Mail 'A powerful, poetic, personal Highland Odyssey' - Times Literary Supplement|About the Au
In the Clearances of the 19th century, crofts—once the mainstay of Highland life in Scotland—were swept away as the land was put over to sheep grazing. Many of the people of the Highlands and islands of Scotland were forced from their homes by landowners in the Clearances. Some fled to Nova Scotia and beyond. David Craig sets out to discover how many of their stories survive in the memories of their descendants. He travels through 21 islands in Scotland and C...
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