The Life & Times of the Black Pig
The Life & Times of the Black Pig
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Summary
History, geology, fairy stories and seventeen different routes up Ben Macdui. an entertaining, admiring and often very funny portrait of Britain's second highest mountain. Descriptions of the ways up alternate with accounts of climbers and cattle thieves, the Grey Man and the Wolf of Badenoch, all adding up to a rattling good read.
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The Life & Times of the Black Pig by Ronald Turnbull
Outdoor Writers Guild Book of the Year 2008. History, geology, fairy stories and seventeen different routes up Ben Macdui. From a deluded earl and a Munro-bagging Queen Victoria to the domestic life of the snow bunting, this is an entertaining, admiring and often very funny portrait of Britain's second highest mountain. Descriptions of the ways up alternate with accounts of climbers and cattle thieves, the Grey Man and the Wolf of Badenoch, all adding up to a rattling good read.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781902173252 |
| ISBN 10 | 1902173252 |
| Title | The Life & Times of the Black Pig |
| Author | Ronald Turnbull |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Millrace |
| Year published | 2007-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Prizes | Winner of OWPG (Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild) Award for Excellence: Outdoor Book 2008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |