Willie Gavin, crofter man
Subtitle: a portrait of a vanished lifestyle
By: David Kerr Cameron
Publisher: Birlinn; Birlinn, Limited
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780857903297; 9781841587097
Subjects: Crofters; Social life and customs; History; HISTORY; Manners and customs
Notes: Previous edition: London: Gollancz, 1980.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Authorâ#x80;#x99;s Note; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Old Crofter Man; 2 A Patch of the Lonely Moor; 3 The Crofter Folk; 4 The Testimony of a Tombstone; 5 The Croft Biggings; 6 The Shifts and the Seasons; 7 The Bloo Coo Economy; 8 The Heartbreak Life; 9 The Weaverâ#x80;#x99;s Lass; 10 A Bride for the Mason Man; 11 A Life without Luxury; 12 Kebbucks and Kail Brose; 13 Mutches and Moleskins; 14 The Pattern of Harvest; 15 The Summer Folk; 16 A Thread from the Past; 17 The Bonds of Friendship; 18 The Sabbath Road; 19 The Old Speak.; title: 20 Willie Gavinâ#x80;#x99;s Last Hairst21 A Break with the Land; 22 The End of the Old Croft Folk; Select Glossary.