Isolation Shepherd

Set against the awesome splendour of some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, Iain R. Thomson's classic book provides a sensitive, richly detailed account of the shepherd's life through the seasons and recreates the events that shaped the family's life in Glen Strathfarrar before the area was flooded as part of a huge hydro-electric project.

About the author

Iain Thomson was born in Inverness, but was raised and educated near Liverpool. On leaving school in the late 1940s, he returned to Scotland to work on a farm in Aberdeenshire. He is the author of three books, all of them vivid depictions of some of the wildest and most remote parts of the Highlands. He currently lives outside Inverness.

Summary

Set against the awesome splendour of some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, Iain R. Thomson's classic book provides a sensitive, richly detailed account of the shepherd's life through the seasons and recreates the events that shaped the family's life in Glen Strathfarrar before the area was flooded as part of a huge hydro-electric project.

Product details

• Authors: Iain Thomson, Thomson Iain
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2025
• EAN: 9781839830655
• ISBN: 978-1-83983-065-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Autobiography: general, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, British & Irish history, c 1960 to c 1970, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, c 1950 to c 1959, Northern Scotland, Highlands & Islands, Agriculture and farming, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, c 1960 to c 1969, Northern Scotland, Highlands and Islands, C 1945 To C 1960