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Item Details
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PARA HANDY
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| By: |
Neil Munro |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1841582271 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781841582276 |
| Publisher: |
BIRLINN GENERAL |
| Pub. date: |
1 April, 2002 |
| Pages: |
462 |
| Description: |
A collection of stories on Para Handy, who originally appeared in the "Glasgow Evening News" nearly a hundred years ago. The mariner and his crew recall the age of puffers sailing between West Highland ports and Glasgow and notes are included to contextualize each story. |
| Synopsis: |
Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News nearly a hundred years ago. The Master Mariner and his crew - Dougie the Mate, Macphail the Engineer, Sunny Jim and The Tar - all play their part in evoking the irresistible atmosphere of a bygone age when puffers sailed between West Highland ports and the great city of Glasgow. This definitive edition contains all three collections published in the author's lifetime, as well as a new story never previously published. Extensive notes accompany each story, providing fascinating insights into colloquialisms, place-names and historical events. This volume also includes a wealth of contemporary photographs, depicting the harbours, steamers and puffers from the age of the Vital Spark. This edition includes one further story, which was discovered in 2001. |
| Illustrations: |
16 b&w illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Birlinn Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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