A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII.

A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII.
Title A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII. PDF eBook
Author Thomas Pennant
Publisher
Pages 542
Release 1774
Genre Hebrides (Scotland)
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The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Title The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. PDF eBook
Author James Boswell
Publisher London : T. Cadwell and W. Davies
Pages 496
Release 1807
Genre Hebrides
ISBN

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A Tour in Scotland 1769

A Tour in Scotland 1769
Title A Tour in Scotland 1769 PDF eBook
Author Thomas Pennant
Publisher
Pages 508
Release 1776
Genre Scotland
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To The Hebrides

To The Hebrides
Title To The Hebrides PDF eBook
Author Samuel Johnson
Publisher Birlinn
Pages 609
Release 2012-09-28
Genre Travel
ISBN 0857905163

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Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides are widely regarded as among the best pieces of travel writing ever produced. Johnson and Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring Scotland as far west as the islands of Skye, Raasay, Coll, Mull, Ulva, Inchkenneth and Iona. Highly readable, often profound, and at times very funny, their accounts of the 'jaunt' are above all a valuable record of a society undergoing rapid change. In this pioneering new edition, Ronald Black brings together the two men's starkly contrasting accounts of each of the thirteen stages of the journey. He also restores to Boswell's text 20,000 words from his journal which were denied entry to his book because they were intimate, defamatory, or about the islands rather than Johnson. The endnotes incorporate Boswell's footnotes, translations of Latin passages, a clear summary of pre-existing information on the two texts, and a fresh focus on what the two men actually found on their trip. To the Hebrides also includes contemporary prints by Thomas Rowlandson, seventeen new maps and a comprehensive index.

Outer Hebrides

Outer Hebrides
Title Outer Hebrides PDF eBook
Author Mark Rowe
Publisher Bradt Travel Guides
Pages 288
Release 2017-04-10
Genre Travel
ISBN 1784770361

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adt's new guide to the Outer Hebrides: The Western Isles of Scotland, from Lewis to Barra, by experienced writer and journalist Mark Rowe is the only full-size guide to focus solely on the islands of Lewis, Harris, St Kilda, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, Eriskay, Barra and Vatersay. Masses of background information is included, from geography and geology to art and architecture, with significant coverage of wildlife, too, as well as all the practical details you could need: when to visit, suggested itineraries, public holidays and festivals, local culture, plus accommodation and where to eat and drink. Walkers, bird-watchers, wildlife photographers, beach lovers and genealogists are all catered for, and this is an ideal guide for those who travel simply with curious minds to discover far-flung places of great cultural, historical and wildlife interest. The Outer Hebrides is an archipelago of 15 inhabited islands and more than 50 others that are free of human footprint. Huge variations in landscape are found across the islands, from Lewisian gneiss, which dates back almost three billion years, to rugged Harris with its magnificent sands running down its western flanks and the windswept, undulating flatness and jagged sea lochs of the Uists. This is a land where Gaelic is increasingly spoken and ancient monuments abound, where stunning seabird colonies and birds of prey can be watched, and where the grassy coastal zones known as the machair are transformed into glorious carpets of wildfllowers in late spring and summer. Whether visiting the Standing Stones of Callanish, the Uig peninsula, Barra's Castle Bay, or historic St Kilda, or if you just want to experience the romance of the Sound of Harris, one of the most beautiful ferry journeys in the world, Bradt's Outer Hebrides: The Western Isles of Scotland, from Lewis to Barra has all the information you need.

A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, 1772

A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, 1772
Title A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, 1772 PDF eBook
Author Thomas Pennant
Publisher
Pages 630
Release 1776
Genre Hebrides (Scotland)
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Love of Country

Love of Country
Title Love of Country PDF eBook
Author Madeleine Bunting
Publisher University of Chicago Press
Pages 366
Release 2017-04-11
Genre Travel
ISBN 022647173X

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“Excellent . . . Almost the perfect marriage of travelogue to the inner landscape of political ideas and cultural reflections . . . a super read.” —New Statesman Few landscapes are as striking as that of the Hebrides, the hundreds of small islands that speckle the waters off Scotland’s northwest coast. The jagged, rocky cliffs and roiling waves serve as a reminder of the islands’ dramatic geological history. Facing the Atlantic, the Hebrides were at the center of ancient shipping routes and have a remarkable cultural history. After years of hearing about Scotland as a place interwoven with the story of her family, Madeleine Bunting went to see for herself this place so full of history. Over six years, Bunting returned again and again to the Hebrides, fascinated by the question of what it means to belong there. With great sensitivity, she takes readers through the Hebrides’ history of dispossession and displacement, a history that can be understand only in the context of Britain’s imperial past, and she shows how the Hebrides have been repeatedly used to define and imagine Britain. Love of Country is a revelatory journey through one of the world’s most remote, beautiful landscapes that encourages us to think of the many identities we wear as we walk our paths. “A remarkably thorough digest of the many histories of the Hebrides.” —Wall Street Journal “Moving and wonderful. . . . Both the author and reader of this book end up losing themselves not just in politics and history and the details of nature, but a sense of wonder” —The Guardian “Makes you feel you are there even if you have just left.” —Observer, Best Books of the Year