The Collected Works of James Hogg: The mountain bard

ISBN-10
0748620060
ISBN-13
9780748620067
Series
The Collected Works of James Hogg
Category
Country life
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
1995
Publisher
Collected Works of James Hogg
Author
James Hogg

Description

"Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in Highland Journeys he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland Clearances. He gives vivid pictures of his experiences, including a narrow escape from a Navy press-gang, and a Sacrament day with one minister preaching in English and another in Gaelic. Hogg also explains aspects of Gaelic culture such as the waulking songs, and he describes the trade in kelp, lucrative to the landowners but back-breaking and ill-paid for the workers. Highland Journeys makes a refreshing contribution to our understanding of early nineteenth-century travel writing"--Publisher description.

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