Isolation Shepherd
by Iain R. Thomson
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In August 1956 a young shepherd, his wife, two-year-old daughter and ten-day-old son sat huddled in a small boat on Loch Monar in Ross-shire as a storm raged around them. They were bound for a tiny, remote cottage at the western end of the loch which was to be their home for the next four years. Isolation Shepherd is the moving story of those years. Set against the awesome splendour of some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, Iain R. Thomson's classic book provides a sensitive, richly show more 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. show lessTags
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A strangely melancholic read, as Iain R. Thomson tells the story of his life in a remote glen west of Inverness. A way of life lost under the water of the hydroschemes of the mid-20th century.
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, History, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 636.3145092 — Technology Agriculture Animal husbandry Sheep, goats; Smaller ruminants Uses For animal products Wool
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- DA880 .R7 .T47 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Great Britain History of Great Britain Scotland Local history and description
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- English
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