Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk, in the parish of Pyketillim; : with glimpses of the parish politics about A.D.1843..
Alexander, William,1826-1894.
Aberdeen: : Robert Walker; Lewis Smith. ; Edinburgh: : John Menzies and Co. ; London: : Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer.,
1871..
Anonymous: by William Alexander.
Novel, set in the fictional parish of Pyketillim in North-East Scotland, tells of the split in the Church of Scotland in the great Disruption of 1843 and the parallel contest for control of the land between, on the one hand the lairds and capitalistic 'muckle farmers' and smaller tenants who were regarded by Alexander as the last bastion of the Scotland he knew.
With extensive dialogue in Scots.
With 4 pages of notices of the first edition at end of volume.