Author: Alan Wilson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442644516
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In 1786, the Reverend James MacGregor (1759-1830) was dispatched across the North Atlantic to establish a dissenting Presbyterian church in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The decision dismayed MacGregor, who had hoped for a post in the Scottish Highlands. Yet it led to a remarkable career in what was still the backwoods of colonial North America. Industrious and erudite, MacGregor established the progressive Pictou Academy, opposed slavery, and promoted scientific education, agriculture, and industry. Poet and translator, fluent in nine languages, he encouraged the preservation of the Gaelic language and promoted Scottish culture in Nova Scotia. Highland Shepherd finally bestows on MacGregor the recognition that he so richly deserves. Alan Wilson brings MacGregor and his surroundings to life, detailing his numerous achievements and establishing his importance to the social, religious, and intellectual history of the Maritimes.
Highland Shepherd
Author: Alan Wilson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442644516
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In 1786, the Reverend James MacGregor (1759-1830) was dispatched across the North Atlantic to establish a dissenting Presbyterian church in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The decision dismayed MacGregor, who had hoped for a post in the Scottish Highlands. Yet it led to a remarkable career in what was still the backwoods of colonial North America. Industrious and erudite, MacGregor established the progressive Pictou Academy, opposed slavery, and promoted scientific education, agriculture, and industry. Poet and translator, fluent in nine languages, he encouraged the preservation of the Gaelic language and promoted Scottish culture in Nova Scotia. Highland Shepherd finally bestows on MacGregor the recognition that he so richly deserves. Alan Wilson brings MacGregor and his surroundings to life, detailing his numerous achievements and establishing his importance to the social, religious, and intellectual history of the Maritimes.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1442644516
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
In 1786, the Reverend James MacGregor (1759-1830) was dispatched across the North Atlantic to establish a dissenting Presbyterian church in Pictou, Nova Scotia. The decision dismayed MacGregor, who had hoped for a post in the Scottish Highlands. Yet it led to a remarkable career in what was still the backwoods of colonial North America. Industrious and erudite, MacGregor established the progressive Pictou Academy, opposed slavery, and promoted scientific education, agriculture, and industry. Poet and translator, fluent in nine languages, he encouraged the preservation of the Gaelic language and promoted Scottish culture in Nova Scotia. Highland Shepherd finally bestows on MacGregor the recognition that he so richly deserves. Alan Wilson brings MacGregor and his surroundings to life, detailing his numerous achievements and establishing his importance to the social, religious, and intellectual history of the Maritimes.
Isolation Shepherd
Author: Iain Thomson
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857900447
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In August 1956 a young shepherd, his wife, two-year-old daughter and ten-day-old son sat huddled in a small boat on Loch Monar in Ross-shire as a storm raged around them. They were bound for a tiny, remote cottage at the western end of the loch which was to be their home for the next four years. Isolation Shepherd is the moving story of those years. Set against the awesome splendour of some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, Iain R. Thomson's classic book provides a sensitive, richly detailed account of the shepherd's life through the seasons and recreates the events that shaped the family's life in Glen Strathfarrar before the area was flooded as part of a huge hydro-electric project.
Publisher: Birlinn
ISBN: 0857900447
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
In August 1956 a young shepherd, his wife, two-year-old daughter and ten-day-old son sat huddled in a small boat on Loch Monar in Ross-shire as a storm raged around them. They were bound for a tiny, remote cottage at the western end of the loch which was to be their home for the next four years. Isolation Shepherd is the moving story of those years. Set against the awesome splendour of some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, Iain R. Thomson's classic book provides a sensitive, richly detailed account of the shepherd's life through the seasons and recreates the events that shaped the family's life in Glen Strathfarrar before the area was flooded as part of a huge hydro-electric project.
The Highland Monthly
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Languages : en
Pages : 970
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Languages : en
Pages : 970
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Talks with Shepherds
Author: Walter Johnson
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Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Category : Sheep
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Landseer
Author: Estelle May Hurll
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Category : Animals in art
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Category : Animals in art
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Author: Stephens
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Sir Edwin Landseer
Author: Frederic George Stephens
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Transcript of the Enrollment Books
Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of Elections
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Category : Voting registers
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
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Category : Voting registers
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
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Memorials of Christie's
Author: William Roberts
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Lyra Pastoralis
Author: Richard Wilton
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Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Languages : en
Pages : 166
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