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Calum's Road Roger Hutchinson

Calum's Road By Roger Hutchinson

Calum's Road by Roger Hutchinson


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Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern point of Raasay since his birth in 1911. 'So what he decided to do was to build a road out of Arnish in his months off. With a road he hoped generations of people would return to Arnish and all the north end of Raasay'. This book recounts the story of this man's devotion to his visionary project.

Calum's Road Summary

Calum's Road by Roger Hutchinson

'An incredible testament to one man's determination' - The Sunday Herald

Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern point of Raasay since his birth in 1911. He tended the Rona lighthouse at the very tip of his little archipelago, until semi-automation in 1967 reduced his responsibilities. 'So what he decided to do', says his last neighbour, Donald MacLeod, 'was to build a road out of Arnish in his months off. With a road he hoped new generations of people would return to Arnish and all the north end of Raasay'.

And so, at the age of 56, Calum MacLeod, the last man left in northern Raasay, set about single-handedly constructing the 'impossible' road. It would become a romantic, quixotic venture, a kind of sculpture; an obsessive work of art so perfect in every gradient, culvert and supporting wall that its creation occupied almost twenty years of his life. In Calum's Road Roger Hutchinson recounts the extraordinary story of this remarkable man's devotion to his visionary project.

Calum's Road Reviews

'wonderful, elegant and serious'

* The Telegraph *

'MacLeod defied powers outwith his control in the only way he could . . . paints a compelling picture of the man'

* Sunday Times *

'An incredible testament to one man's determination'

* The Sunday Herald *

'This is an extraordinarily fine book, and one of the most important books to have come out of the Highlands and Islands in recent years'

* West Highland Free Press *

About Roger Hutchinson

Roger Hutchinson is an award-winning author and journalist. After working as an editor in London, in 1977 he joined the West Highland Free Press in Skye. Since then he has published thirteen books, including Polly: the True Story Behind Whisky Galore. He is still attached to the WHFP as editorialist and columnist, and has written for BBC Radio, The Scotsman, The Guardian, The Herald and The Literary Review. His book The Soap Man (Birlinn 2003) was shortlisted for the Saltire Scottish Book of the Year (2004).

Additional information

GOR010482922
9781841586779
1841586773
Calum's Road by Roger Hutchinson
Used - Like New
Paperback
Birlinn General
20080527
208
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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