Firkin and the Grey Gangsters is a collection of four tales in which animals are the heroes.
Firkin and the Grey Gangsters was in 1936 a metaphor for the fear of takeover by corporate America – Firkin is a young red squirrel who leads his people in a battle against a horde of grey squirrel
invaders from America. Firkin speaks in Scots.
The Sheep who wasn’t a Sheep is about the thoughts going through the head of a sheep, swimming
between one Outer Isle and the other.
The White Drake is a farmyard drake in Perthshire learning about flying.
- ISBN13 9781910895153
- Publish Date 15 July 2021
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Scotland Street Press
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 170
- Language English