Para Handy
Para Handy

Author: Neil Munro

Publisher: Birlinn

Published: 2015-07-20

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 0857907115

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Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News in 1905. The master mariner and his crew - Dougie the mate, Macphail the engineer, Sunny Jim and the Tar - all play their part in evoking the irresistible atmosphere of a bygone age when puffers sailed between West Highland ports and the great city of Glasgow. This definitive edition contains all three collections published in the author's lifetime, as well as those that were unpublished and a new story which was discovered in 2001. Extensive notes accompany each story, providing fascinating insights into colloquialisms, place-names and historical events. This volume also includes a wealth of contemporary photographs, depicting the harbours, steamers and puffers from the age of the Vital Spark.

Bulletin
Bulletin

Author: University of Aberdeen. Library

Publisher:

Published: 1913

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13:

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The Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland, 1800–2000
The Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland, 1800–2000

Author: Keith D. M. Snell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-02

Total Pages: 642

ISBN-13: 1351894013

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Pioneering and interdisciplinary in nature, this bibliography constitutes a comprehensive list of regional fiction for every county of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England over the past two centuries. In addition, other regions of a usually topographical or urban nature have been used, such as Birmingham and the Black Country; London; The Fens; the Brecklands; the Highlands; the Hebrides; or the Welsh border. Each entry lists the author, title, and date of first publication. The geographical coverage is encompassing and complete, from the Channel Islands to the Shetlands. An original introduction discusses such matters as definition, bibliographical method, popular readerships, trends in output, and the scholarly literature on regional fiction.