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Crowdie And Cream And Other Stories: Memoirs of a Hebridean Childhood
Finlay J. Macdonald
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Description for Crowdie And Cream And Other Stories: Memoirs of a Hebridean Childhood
Paperback. An omnibus edition of Finlay J. Macdonald's nostalgic and often comic accounts of growing up on the Hebridean island of Harris between the wars. They were first published individually in the 1980s as "Crowdie and Cream", "Crotal and White" and "The Corncrake and the Lysander". Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGHA; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 36. Weight in Grams: 366.
CROWDIE AND CREAM: Peopled with characters like Great Aunt Rachel, 'built like a Churchill tank and with a personality to match', these are the stories of a childhood, of the hard years of the Depression, and then the departure of the island's young men to fight in the Second World War. Together they bring alive the warmth and closeness of a unique Hebridean community. CROTAL AND WHITE: Finlay J Macdonald continues his story with a witty account of his adolescent years during the depression. Hard days for the villagers, but their sense of humour never deserted them. And ... Read more
CROWDIE AND CREAM: Peopled with characters like Great Aunt Rachel, 'built like a Churchill tank and with a personality to match', these are the stories of a childhood, of the hard years of the Depression, and then the departure of the island's young men to fight in the Second World War. Together they bring alive the warmth and closeness of a unique Hebridean community. CROTAL AND WHITE: Finlay J Macdonald continues his story with a witty account of his adolescent years during the depression. Hard days for the villagers, but their sense of humour never deserted them. And ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751513486
SKU
V9780751513486
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99-50
About Finlay J. Macdonald
Finlay J. Macdonald, whose radio talks were a regular delight, enjoyed a long and successful career as a BBC talks producer, and then as a television director.
Reviews for Crowdie And Cream And Other Stories: Memoirs of a Hebridean Childhood
Reads like poetry, evoking memories of a world all but vanished in the mists
GLASGOW EVENING TIMES
GLASGOW EVENING TIMES