Set in the 1920s, this marvellously sensitive autobiography recreates the varied community of Nairn, with its fishermen and townsfolk, its crofters and its prosperous upper-middle-classes. Nairn has witnessed many of the triumphs and tragedies of Scottish history, and these are recalled with intuitive understanding. But it is also the scene of David Thomson's formative years when he suffered an eye injury which nearly blinded him and shaped his whole future.Winner of the McVitie's Prize and the first NCR Book Award For Non-Fiction
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: David Thomson
EAN: 9780099599906
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES: 320
WEIGHT: 224 g
HEIGHT: 198 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage Publishing
DATE PUBLISHED: 1988-10-06
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GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, TRAVEL / Pictorials
WIDTH: 129 mm
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Book Themes:
Scotland, Biography: general, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works
David Thomson was born in India in 1914 to Scottish parents, but grew up in Scotland and Derbyshire. He is the author of The People of the Sea, In Camden Town and Woodbrook. He developed a career in writing and at the BBC. He died in 1988.