- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Writersworld UK Limited (1 Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904181198
- ISBN-13: 978-1904181194
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 11.4 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,316,476 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Flick through the pages of one man's young life, 1906 to 1945, from the Shipyards of Barrow to the quiet glens of the Scottish Highlands. From there to the battle fields of France and on to Stalag XXA, across the hungry frozen plain of Poland and home to his young woman in Benderloch. This true-life story will bring a smile to your lips, a tear to your eye, and leave you deep in reflective thought.
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This book does not fit easily into any natural category. It is biographical, historical, romantic, humourous and analytical. It is not a war story yet the 2nd WW impacts heavily on the story line.
For anyone interested in the Stalags and POW life there is a detailed description of life in the camps and on the forced marches. In addition the book attempts to explore how these young men became prisoners and why they were forced through Hell in the last few months of the war.
But in essence it is a story of a quiet shepherd lad discovering himself and his origins, his love of music and his love for Christina, a shy Highland, MacKenzie lass.
Highland Schottische is a lively Scottish dance and this book skips like the dance itself across the years. From the birth of Ian Grieve Black in 1906 in Barrow-in-Furness to his home-coming from the war in 1945 all packed into 144 pages, this book is an entertaining short read.
Feel free to judge the book by its cover: the accordion, fiddle and poppies: bitter-sweet music.
For anyone interested in the Stalags and POW life there is a detailed description of life in the camps and on the forced marches. In addition the book attempts to explore how these young men became prisoners and why they were forced through Hell in the last few months of the war.
But in essence it is a story of a quiet shepherd lad discovering himself and his origins, his love of music and his love for Christina, a shy Highland, MacKenzie lass.
Highland Schottische is a lively Scottish dance and this book skips like the dance itself across the years. From the birth of Ian Grieve Black in 1906 in Barrow-in-Furness to his home-coming from the war in 1945 all packed into 144 pages, this book is an entertaining short read.
Feel free to judge the book by its cover: the accordion, fiddle and poppies: bitter-sweet music.
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