Night Falls on Ardnamurchan - The Twilight of a Crofting Family

This is a classic account of the life and death of a Highland community. The author weaves his own humorous and perceptive account of crofting with extracts from his father's journal - a terse, factual and down to earth vision of the day-to-day tasks of crofting life.

About the author

Alasdair Maclean left school at fourteen to work in the Clydeside shipyards. National Service in the Merchant Marine followed and then service in the British and Indian Armies. He returned to Scotland to read English at Edinburgh University before returning home to Sanna in Ardnamurchan. A poet of some repute, this is his only book of non-fiction.

Summary

This is a classic account of the life and death of a Highland community. The author weaves his own humorous and perceptive account of crofting with extracts from his father's journal - a terse, factual and down to earth vision of the day-to-day tasks of crofting life.

Product details

• Authors: Alasdair MacLean, Maclean Alasdair
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781839830228
• ISBN: 978-1-83983-022-8
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories; Biography: general, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Local History, Social and cultural history, Northern Scotland, Highlands & Islands, Northern Scotland, Highlands and Islands