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The Glens of Silence: The Landscapes of the Scottish Clearances (Hardcover)

by David Paterson (Author), Craig David (Author)

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Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd (1 Nov 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1841583251
ISBN-13: 978-1841583259
Product Dimensions: 30.4 x 25.2 x 2.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 533,409 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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During the last years of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth, tens of thousands of Highlanders were forcibly removed from land on which their families had lived for generations. Often evicted in the most autocratic and brutal manner, they were moved to marginal and unworkable areas, often on the coast, while the land from which they were wrenched was given over to large-scale sheep farming. Many were subsequently forced to make new lives for themselves in the Lowlands or colonies after their failure to make any kind of living on such unproductive soil - a dismal situation which was compounded by the potato famine of 1846. Stunning colour photographs depict the actual townships as they are today and the landscapes from which so many were banished, each conveying not only the natural beauty and colour of some of Scotland's most spectacular scenery, but also capturing the spirit of these places that witnessed such traumatic and shattering events.

About the Author

David Paterson is a well-known landscape photographer who runs the Wildcountry Photolibrary in Glencoe. He has taken on assignments throughout the world and has published a number of photography books, including Border Landscape and London: City on a River (both in collaboration with Sir Julian Critchley), and two books of mountain photography - The Way to Cold Mountain and Heart of the Himalaya. David Craig is author of the best-selling On the Crofters' Trail.

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This amazing picture-and-story book tells the harsh and poignant story of the Highland Clearances, a catastrophic event during which thousands of tenant-farmers were forcibly evicted from their ancestral homelands so that the cash-strapped landlords could treble their rents by bringing in sheep to take their place. The heartfelt writing is top-notch and Craig includes some fascinating interviews with remaining locals who recount the stories of cruel dispossesion handed down by their forefathers as oral history, often pursuing them to the farthest reaches of human memory. The haunting stories still echo inside me long after I put down the book. The book is lavishly illustrated with stunning photographs by acclaimed photographer David Patterson.

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