num_pages: 462
description: 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 nearly a hundred years ago. 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 a new story never previously published 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 harbors, steamers and puffers from the age of the Vital Spark .
language: English
title: Para Handy
titlecomplete: Para Handy
characters: Dan Macphail, Peter Macfarlane, Dougie, Davie Green
genres: Fiction, Scotland, Short Stories, Humor
ratings_count: 210
places: Scotland, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, Argyll, Scotland
publisher: Birlinn Ltd