Behold The Hebrides! Or Wayfaring in The Western Isles
Title: Behold The Hebrides! Or Wayfaring in The Western Isles
Author: Alasdair Alpin MacGregor with a foreword by Lord Alness
Publisher: W. & R. Chambers Ltd., Edinburgh & London
Date: No Date - 1925
Hardback - 1st Edition with dustcover. Frontis. xvi, 248pp. 27 black/white plates. Glossary. 7 pages of Publishers advertisements at rear.
Additional Product Information
The author Alasdair Alpin MacGregor was a prolific writer on Scotland in the first half of the 20th century. He had a profound interest in Scotland's Hebridean Islands. This was the author's first publication which he dedicated to his friend the writer Neil Munro.
The book comprises sketches about Hebridean Pirates, the fords of Uist, Peat gathering, the Macleods of Raasay, Highland superstitions, Dunvegan and a description of inside a typical Hebridean home.
There are 27 black and white plate illustrations by the author.
About the Author
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About the Author
Alasdair Alpin MacGregor (1899–1970) was a Scottish writer, photographer, and folklorist known for his works on Scottish landscapes, history, and Gaelic culture. Born in Tain, Ross-shire, he had a deep love for the Highlands and Islands, which he captured in both words and photographs. His books, such as The Peat-Fire Flame and The Western Isles, focus on Scottish folklore, traditions, and remote communities. MacGregor was also a keen traveler, documenting Scotland’s rural life at a time of great change. His evocative style and passion for preserving Scotland’s heritage make him a significant figure in 20th-century Scottish literature.
Bibliography:
- Behold the Hebrides! (1925)
- Over the Sea to Skye: Or, Ramblings in an Elfin Isle (1926)
- Wild Drumalban or the Road to Meggernie and Glencoe (1927)
- Summer Days Among the Western Isles (1929)
- A Last Voyage to St. Kilda (1931)
- The Haunted Isles: Or, Life in the Hebrides (1933)
- Searching the Hebrides With a Camera (1933)
- Somewhere in Scotland - The Western Highlands in pen and picture (1935)
- The Peat-Fire Flame: Folk-Tales and Traditions of the Highlands & Islands (1937)
- The Goat Wife: Portrait of a Village (1939)
- Auld Reekie: Portrait of a Lowland Boyhood (1943)
- The Turbulent Years: A Portrait of Youth in Auld Reekie (1945)
- Vanished Waters: Portrait of a Highland Childhood (1946)
- The Western Isles (1949)
- The Buried Barony (1949)
- Skye and the Inner Hebrides (1953)
- The Ghost Book: Strange Hauntings in Britain (1955)
- Journeyman Taylor: The Education of a Scientist (1958)
- Phantom Footsteps: A Second Ghost Book (1959)
- Percyval Tudor-Hart: Portrait of an Artist (1961)
- The Golden Lamp: Portrait of a Landlady (1964)
- Land of the Mountain and the Flood (1965)
- The Enchanted Isles (1967)
- The Farthest Hebrides (1969)
- Islands by the Score (1971)
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Condition Notes
A fine copy of this scarce 1st edition with a photocopy of an original for a dustcover- we should assume that a previous owner made a copy of the original due to its deteriorating state. It is extremely rare to find a copy with an original dustcover so even a photocopy version adds authenticity to the book. Inside the pages are bright and clean throughout.
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