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More bagpipe music : poems in Scotland
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Scotland - its cities, mountains, landscapes, wildlife, poetry, art and music is the theme of this collection of poems. From Glasgow to Aberdeen, from Skye to Lower Largo, Derek Alsop traverses the...
Scotland - its cities, mountains, landscapes, wildlife, poetry, art and music is the theme of this collection of poems. From Glasgow to Aberdeen, from Skye to Lower Largo, Derek Alsop traverses the country, exploring its history, mythology and culture with a keen outsider s eye. What emerges is a land of incomparable richness, diversity and beauty. Whether the subject is the seals of Portnahaven or the birds of Jura, the whisky of Islay or the races at Ayr, Alsop finds his own view of Scotland. There are darker moments, too, as the violent history of Scotland reveals itself amongst the ruins,
Details
- Creator
- Derek Alsop
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Chester, [England] : University of Chester Press, 2012
- ©2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (76 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781908258519, 1908258519, 1908258055
- OCLC
- ocn903172124
- Description based upon print version of record.
- English
- Front cover -- Title pages -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- More than shortbread -- Castle Urquhart -- Cuillin -- St Kilda Revisited -- Clan MacDonald on Skye -- More bagpipe music -- On Rannoch Moor -- Scottish mushrooms -- The painter of animals -- The attraction of mountains -- Ladies' Day at Ayr -- Waiting to board -- The burials of Arran -- Different diets -- Rear window in Glasgow -- Take two malts -- Lower Largo -- Dungeon experience -- Train noise -- Aberdeen Art Gallery -- Moray's houses unvisited -- The Biblical Garden, Elgin -- Loch Nan Eun -- On drawing Ben Gulabin -- Thinking of Scotland -- On Liathach -- Stone -- The limitations of cartography -- Shieldaig -- Scripture by numbers -- Seals at Portnahaven -- The birds of Jura -- Song for Scotland 1. Mo Nighean Dubh -- Songs for Scotland 2. O Bone Jesu -- Songs for Scotland 3. Killiecrankie -- Sights and places never seen -- Back cover