The Companion Guide to the West Highlands of Scotland
| Author | : William Hutchison Murray |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 448 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : Highlands (Scotland) |
| ISBN | : |
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The Companion Guide to the West Highlands of Scotland
| Author | : William H. Murray |
| Publisher | : Prentice Hall Direct |
| Total Pages | : 415 |
| Release | : 1984-01-01 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 9780131547742 |
Describes the geography and history of each section of lochs and Highlands along the western coast of Scotland and identifies points of interest
Scotland's Highlands & Islands
| Author | : Richenda Miers |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 9781860118678 |
From Inverness to the Outer Hebrides and Shetland, this guide reveals some of the last wildernesses of Europe. The guide features all sides of the Highlands and Islands, exploring both the tourist honey-traps and Scotland¿s most remote regions. It highlights thriving traditions such as caber-tossing, Ceilidh music and story-telling, alongside the history of clans, tartans, and the Highland Clearances. The author¿s intimate knowledge of Highland life provides a unique insight into the region, its people, and their culture and beliefs; she offers sound advice as only an insider could. The guide also packs in a wealth of essential and up-to-date practical information, the latest listings, extensive maps and travel timetables, and expert advice on where to ski, walk, windsurf, fish, and star-gaze.
The West Highland Way
| Author | : Robert Aitken |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 206 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
| ISBN | : |
Opened in 1980, the West Highland way was Scotland's first long distance walking route. This text is a companion guide for those taking the walk from Glasgow to Fort William and provides Ordinance Survey maps. It has been revised to incorporate changes in the character of the route over the years.
Ford–A Village in the West Highlands of Scotland
| Author | : John B. Stephenson |
| Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
| Total Pages | : 205 |
| Release | : 2021-12-14 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 081319377X |
The Highlands of Scotland, like the southern Appalachians of the United States, have long been a problem area in Great Britain, troubled with a fading economy and loss of population. Most books about the region, however, are popular volumes that romanticize a bygone way of life. This study of Ford, a village of some 160 people in western Argyllshire, thus fills a gap in the literature and provides a look at the present realities of Scottish life. Although the Highlands are by no means a homogeneous region, Ford in its size and makeup is perhaps a representative rural settlement. John Stephenson, who conducted extensive interviews in the village during 1981, focuses his study on the theme of survival, on whether this particular village shows signs of enduring as a community of people bound together by common interests and situations. Though necessarily tentative, his conclusions are optimistic. Ford has shown a recent increase in population, consisting almost entirely of newcomers, and though its residents have now a more varied background, they seem to have a sense of place, of belonging to the village. This book will provide new insights not only for those interested in life in the Highlands but also for all those interested in small communities in other parts of the world.
Great Houses of Scotland
| Author | : Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd |
| Publisher | : Laurence King Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
| ISBN | : 1856691063 |
26 houses photographed in colour and accompanied by informative text about their history.
The Sunlit Summit
| Author | : Robin Lloyd-Jones |
| Publisher | : Sandstone Press Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 362 |
| Release | : 2013-08-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1908737395 |
William Hutchison Murray (1913 - 1996) was one of Scotland's most distinguished climbers in the years before and after the Second World War. As a prisoner of war in Italy he wrote his first classic book, Mountaineering in Scotland, on rough toilet paper which was confiscated and destroyed by the Gestapo. The rewritten version was published in 1947 and followed by the, now, equally famous, Undiscovered Scotland. In 1951 he was depute leader to Eric Shipton on the Everest Reconnaissance Expedition, which discovered the eventual successful route which would be climbed by Hilary and Tensing. From the 1960s onwards he was heavily involved in conservation campaigns and his book, Highland Landscape, commissioned by the National Trust for Scotland, identified areas of outstanding beauty that should be protected. It proved to be extremely influential. In 1966 he was awarded an OBE as he pursued a life of service, as is well illustrated by the various posts he held: Commissioner for the Countryside Commission for Scotland (1968-1980); President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club (1962-1964) and of the Ramblers Association Scotland (1966-82); Chairman of Scottish Countryside Activities Council (1967-82); Vice-President of the Alpine Club (1971-72); President of Mountaineering Council of Scotland (1972-75). He was a prolific author but a proper understanding of his life and work requires that we appreciate that his driving force was a quest to achieve inner purification that would lead him to oneness with Truth and Beauty. For many years the climber, author and teacher, Robin Lloyd-Jones (above) has been researching the life and work of Bill Murray and working steadily on this biography. It is not only a triumph of fine writing and interest, but a worthy accolade for this great man.
Outlander
| Author | : Diana Gabaldon |
| Publisher | : Dell |
| Total Pages | : 560 |
| Release | : 2004-10-26 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0440335167 |
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages. One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read! Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743. Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives. This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content: • An excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber, the second novel in the Outlander series • An interview with Diana Gabaldon • An Outlander reader’s guide Praise for Outlander “Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle “History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News
A Geological Excursion Guide to the North-West Highlands of Scotland
| Author | : Kathryn Goodenough |
| Publisher | : National Museums of Scotland |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : |
An up-to-date geological excursion guide to the dramatic landscape of the North-West Highlands of Scotland.
A History of the Highland Clearances
| Author | : Eric Richards |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 435 |
| Release | : 2020-08-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1000081613 |
First published in 1982, A History of the Highland Clearances looks at the forcible clearance of tenants from land they had farmed for centuries by landlords in the Highlands of Scotland in the early nineteenth century. It examines the general context of historical change, provides a full narrative of the clearances and offers a critical evaluation of the documentary sources upon which the entire story depends. By placing his subject in its historical perspective and into the context of the rest of Britain and Europe, Eric Richards vividly illustrates the realities of the Highland experience in the age of the clearances.
