The Furrow Behind Me: the Autobiography of a Hebridean Crofter

by Angus MacLellan, J.L. Campbell (Translator)

Overview

The autobiography of Angus Mac Lellan documenting a lost way of life

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781912476206
Publisher:	Birlinn, Limited
Publication date:	08/09/2018
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x (d)

About the Author

Born in 1869, Angus MacLellan’s life encompassed two centuries and great changes in the Scottish way of life, from rural to industrial,from island to mainland. He left Uist to go into camp with the militia, before working for farmers on the mainland in Perthshire and Argyll. Helater returned to the family croft on South Uist to work at inshore fishing and crafting.

John Lorne Campbell FRSE LLD OBE (1906-1996) was a Scottish historian, farmer, environmentalist and folklore scholar. He recorded a disappearing Gaelic heritage, and wrote and published extensively about Gaelic and Highland culture and life.