KINTYRE COUNTRY LIFE

When it was first published in 1987, this picture of the lives of country folk from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth completed a trilogy on the history and culture of the author's native Kintyre. The material, from both oral and written sources, tells of everyday lives - working the land, raising livestock, building and furnishing homes, finding fuel and preparing food and celebrating special days. There are also accounts of sheep-stealing, shinty battles, and violent encounters between excise-men and the distillers - and smugglers - of illicit whisky. Illustrated with maps of the peninsula and photographs and reproductions taken or collected by the author.

Cand a fost publicata pentru prima data in 1987, aceasta imagine a vietii poporului de la tara, din secolul al XVIII-lea pana la inceputul secolului XX, a completat o trilogie despre istoria si cultura nativului autor al Kintyre. Materialul, din surse orale si scrise, povesteste despre viata de zi cu zi - lucrarea pamantului, cresterea animalelor, construirea si amenajarea caselor, gasirea combustibilului si pregatirea mancarii si sarbatorirea zilelor speciale.