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Chargement... From the Alleghenies to the Hebrides (édition 2000)par Margaret Fay Shaw (Auteur)
Information sur l'oeuvreFrom the Alleghenies to the Hebrides: An Autobiography par Margaret Fay Shaw
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Very appropriate for anyone interested in or having a connection with the Hebrides especially although the authors childhood and teenage years are spent at the Alleghenies and that is very informative also. Set way back starting out in the 1920's. Amazing how so many things have altered since then - a good read and some top tips hidden in there. ( ) Margaret Fay Shaw, who died in December 2004 at the age of 101, tells the story of her life - and the title says it all. An American traveller avant-la-lettre, falling in love with the South Uist of 1924, which she traverses on a bicycle. She ended her days on the isle of Canna, across the water from South Uist. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Margaret Fay Shaw's life spans a century of change. Leaving home and school in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia aged 16, she crossed to Scotland to spend a year at school near Glasgow. It was there that her love for Scotland was born. After studying music in New York and Paris, she returned to live for six years with two sisters in South Uist. Life on the island had changed little from previous centuries, and material comforts were few. But the island was rich in music and tradition, and Margaret Fay Shaw's collection of Gaelic lore and song are amongst the most important made this century, whilst her photography evocatively captures the aura of a vanished world. Her autobiography is the remarkable testament of a remarkable woman as well as a powerful plea in defense of a Gaelic culture and world under threat. It is written with a sharpness of observation, directness of humor and zest for life which make it a marvelous record of the twentieth century. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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