When it was first published in 1987, this picture of the lives of country folk from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth completed a trilogy on the history and culture of the author's native Kintyre. The material, from both oral and written sources, tells of everyday lives - working the land, raising livestock, building and furnishing homes, finding fuel and preparing food and celebrating special days. There are also accounts of sheep-stealing, shinty battles, and violent encounters between excise-men and the distillers - and smugglers - of illicit whisky. Illustrated with maps of the peninsula and photographs and reproductions taken or collected by the author
- ISBN10 1845301528
- ISBN13 9781845301521
- Publish Date 21 April 2014 (first published 23 October 1987)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Zeticula Ltd
- Imprint The Grimsay Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 218
- Language English