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Gaelic Guerrilla: John Angus Mackay, Gael Extraordinaire
Roy Pedersen
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Description for Gaelic Guerrilla: John Angus Mackay, Gael Extraordinaire
Paperback.
This book describes the astonishing achievements of John Angus Mackay – a man whose intelligence, humanity, political nous, people skills, wit, steely resolve and courage, were such that, what lesser beings regarded as impossible, he made possible. Through his efforts in concert with a small group of others, a thousand year process of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of the Gaelic language and culture was challenged and new means created to rebuild that which the powers-that-be had long sought to destroy. These efforts were so successful that now, the Scottish Gaelic language and culture has turned the corner and the number of young ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781913025397
SKU
9781913025397
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About Roy Pedersen
Roy Pedersen was born in Ayrshire and brought up in Aberdeen where he graduated with an MA in Geography and Economic History. After a brief spell in London, where he created and published the first and best selling Gaelic map of Scotland, he has spent most of his working life based in Inverness. There he pursued a successful career in ... Read more
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