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Old Skye Tales

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Old Skye Tales

Traditions, Reflections and Memories
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William MacKenzie (1851-1935) spent his working life as a school teacher on Skye. In old age he wrote this fascinating account of the island' revealing his intimate knowledge and lifelong love of its geography and its people. Old Skye Tales is a unique and valuable record, written by a man of intelligence and sensitivity, whose life spanned both the traditional and the modern world.

Author Biography

William Mackenzie was born in 1851 in Melness, Sutherland though moved to Skye at an early age. He began teaching in Uig and in 1879 was appointed headmaster of Valtos in Staffin. He became active in the crofter agitation of the 1880s and was one of the crofters' representatives at the Napier Commission of 1884. He retired in 1915 and began to write his reminiscences, which were published in two books in 1930 and 1934. The present volume is an edited compilation of these two works.
Release date NZ
May 30th, 2002
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Contributor
  • Volume editor Alasdair Maclean
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Edition
New edition
Illustrations
4 Plates, black and white
Imprint
Birlinn Ltd
Pages
128
Publisher
Birlinn General
Dimensions
130x195x15
ISBN-13
9781841582016
Product ID
2522387

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