Children of the Black House
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1912476762
ISBN-13
9781912476763
Publisher
Birlinn General
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Origin
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 8th, 2019
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
928 grams
Dimensions
19.00 x 25.90 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
Social & cultural history
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Children of the Black House is a fascinating glimpse into life on the Hebridean island of Lewis from the closing years of the nineteenth century up to the 1950s. Calum Ferguson employs an unusual narrative technique, drawing on his mother Mairead''s reminiscences, and presenting her experiences and conversation in the first person.
Children of the Black House is a fascinating glimpse into life on the Hebridean island of Lewis from the closing years of the nineteenth century up to the 1950s. Calum Ferguson employs an unusual narrative technique, drawing on his mother Mairead''s reminiscences, and presenting her experiences and conversation in the first person.
This is a fascinating account of a culture in transition; it records and preserves for twenty-first-century readers traditions and ways of life which have now gone for ever. Also this remarkable memoir is a treasury of personal recollections, traditional tales, and songs. It is illustrated throughout with photographs of Mairead, her family and friends.
This is a fascinating account of a culture in transition; it records and preserves for twenty-first-century readers traditions and ways of life which have now gone for ever. Also this remarkable memoir is a treasury of personal recollections, traditional tales, and songs. It is illustrated throughout with photographs of Mairead, her family and friends.
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