Kintyre Country Life
讀書樂編號：4730
推介人： 黃韻玲校友
The book presents a picture of the lives of country folk in Kintyre from the eighteenth to the early-twentieth century. It includes accounts of sheep-stealing, New Year’s Day shinty battles, and violent encounters between excisemen and the distillers and smugglers of illicit whisky. It is also about the everyday lives of the people; how they worked the land, kept their livestock, built and furnished their homes, prepared food and fuel, and celebrated honourary days. The reader is transported to the fields, farms, homes and markets of the area, which are evoked through a variety of sights, smells and sounds. This book is generously illustrated with photographs both collected and taken by the author.
