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The Truth About St. Kilda

- An Islander's Memoir
Af: Donald Gillies Engelsk Paperback

The Truth About St. Kilda

- An Islander's Memoir
Af: Donald Gillies Engelsk Paperback
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The Truth about St Kilda is a unique record of the isolated way of life on St Kilda in the early part of the twentieth century, based on seven handwritten notebooks written by the Rev. Donald Gillies, containing reminiscences of his childhood on the island of Hirta. It provides a first-hand account of the living conditions, social structure and economy of the community in the early 1900s, before the evacuation of the remaining residents in 1930. The memoirs describe in some detail the St Kildans'' way of life, including religious life and the islanders'' diet.The puritanical form of religion practised on St Kilda has often been interpreted by outsiders as austere and draconian, but Gillies'' account of the islanders'' religious practices makes clear the important role that these had in reinforcing the spiritual stamina of the community. This book is a lasting tribute to the adaptability and courage of a small Gaelic-speaking society which endured through two millennia on a remote cluster of islands, until its way of life could no longer be sustained.
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The Truth about St Kilda is a unique record of the isolated way of life on St Kilda in the early part of the twentieth century, based on seven handwritten notebooks written by the Rev. Donald Gillies, containing reminiscences of his childhood on the island of Hirta. It provides a first-hand account of the living conditions, social structure and economy of the community in the early 1900s, before the evacuation of the remaining residents in 1930. The memoirs describe in some detail the St Kildans'' way of life, including religious life and the islanders'' diet.The puritanical form of religion practised on St Kilda has often been interpreted by outsiders as austere and draconian, but Gillies'' account of the islanders'' religious practices makes clear the important role that these had in reinforcing the spiritual stamina of the community. This book is a lasting tribute to the adaptability and courage of a small Gaelic-speaking society which endured through two millennia on a remote cluster of islands, until its way of life could no longer be sustained.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 192
ISBN-13: 9781912476657
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1912476657
Kategori: Western Isles, Outer Hebrides
Udg. Dato: 1 aug 2019
Længde: 15mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 193mm
Forlag: Birlinn General
Oplagsdato: 1 aug 2019
Forfatter(e): Donald Gillies
Forfatter(e) Donald Gillies

Kategori Western Isles, Outer Hebrides

ISBN-13 9781912476657

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 192

Udgave

Længde 15mm

Bredde 130mm

Højde 193mm

Udg. Dato 1 aug 2019

Oplagsdato 1 aug 2019

Forlag Birlinn General

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