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Furrow Behind Me

English · Paperback / Softback

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MacLellan's reminiscences were first recorded in Gaelic in the early 1960s, and later transcribed and translated by John Lorne Campbell into this outstanding English language autobiography. Written in an unusual yet captivating prose style, this is a life story in the oral tradition.Born in 1869 into a poverty-stricken crofting community on South Uist, Angus MacLellan spent his childhood and youth with his family before travelling to the island to find work first in the militia and then on the farms of the mainland. His travels came to an end when he returned to assist, and eventually to succeed his parents on their croft on South Uist in 1900.

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MacLellan’s reminiscences were first recorded in Gaelic in the early 1960s, and later transcribed and translated by John Lorne Campbell into this outstanding English language autobiography. Written in an unusual yet captivating prose style, this is a life story in the oral tradition.

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Authors MACLELLAN, Angus Maclellan
Assisted by Campbell (Translation), J. L. Campbell (Translation), J.L. Campbell (Translation), John Lorne Campbell (Translation)
Publisher BIRLINN LIMITED
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 31.08.2018
 
EAN 9781912476206
ISBN 978-1-912476-20-6
No. of pages 224
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries
Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies

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