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Mingulay

- An Island and its People
Af: Ben Buxton Engelsk Paperback

Mingulay

- An Island and its People
Af: Ben Buxton Engelsk Paperback
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A remote, barren and ruggedly beautiful island lies at the southern end of the Outer Hebrides. Its people, loyal for centuries, have abandoned it but the beauty and history of Mingulay remain. The story of St Kilda, whose inhabitants were also forced to leave, is well known, but that of Mingulay is no less poignant, and is told in this acclaimed book for the first time.Ben Buxton documents the story of a people and of an island. In the nineteenth century Mingulay was home to up to 160 islanders who lived by crofting, fishing and by catching seabirds from cliffs which are among the highest in Britain. Looking back through the annals of history, he uncovers the traditions of a hospitable, close community which thrived under clan rule. But set in lonely isolation in the stormy Atlantic, with no proper landing place, absentee landlords and insufficient fertile land, life for Mingulay''s inhabitants was hard, and By 1912, the ''voluntary'' evacuation of the island was complete.
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A remote, barren and ruggedly beautiful island lies at the southern end of the Outer Hebrides. Its people, loyal for centuries, have abandoned it but the beauty and history of Mingulay remain. The story of St Kilda, whose inhabitants were also forced to leave, is well known, but that of Mingulay is no less poignant, and is told in this acclaimed book for the first time.Ben Buxton documents the story of a people and of an island. In the nineteenth century Mingulay was home to up to 160 islanders who lived by crofting, fishing and by catching seabirds from cliffs which are among the highest in Britain. Looking back through the annals of history, he uncovers the traditions of a hospitable, close community which thrived under clan rule. But set in lonely isolation in the stormy Atlantic, with no proper landing place, absentee landlords and insufficient fertile land, life for Mingulay''s inhabitants was hard, and By 1912, the ''voluntary'' evacuation of the island was complete.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 288
ISBN-13: 9781780273044
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1780273045
Kategori: Western Isles, Outer Hebrides
Udg. Dato: 17 okt 2016
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 128mm
Højde: 210mm
Forlag: Birlinn General
Oplagsdato: 17 okt 2016
Forfatter(e): Ben Buxton
Forfatter(e) Ben Buxton

Kategori Western Isles, Outer Hebrides

ISBN-13 9781780273044

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 288

Udgave

Længde 24mm

Bredde 128mm

Højde 210mm

Udg. Dato 17 okt 2016

Oplagsdato 17 okt 2016

Forlag Birlinn General

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