Neil Gunn's Country by Dairmid Gunn
An anthology, with contributions from six literary figures - J.B. Pick, Francis Hart, Dairmid Gunn, Naomi Mitchison, George Bruce and Douglas Gifford - which expores the character of Scottish novelist Neil Gunn, his beliefs and his writings.
Neil Miller Gunn was born in Dunbeath, one of the nine children of 'bookish' Isabella Miller, and James Gunn, a fishing skipper of local renown. In 1911, he began 26 years as an excise officer, many of them at whisky distilleries in the Highlands and the Islands. In 1921, Gunn married Jessie Frew. The first of his 21 novels, The Grey Coast, appeared in 1926. In 1937, the acclaim won by his seventh, the prize-winning Highland River, encouraged him to resign his excise post and write full-time. Gunn's wife died in 1963, and he lived alone in the Black Isle until his death. Since then, his standing as one of Scotland's finest novelists had become even more firmly established, and the Neil Gunn International Fellowship has been founded in his honor.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780550225009 |
| ISBN 10 | 0550225005 |
| Title | Neil Gunn's Country |
| Author | Dairmid Gunn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Chambers |
| Year published | 1993-08-11 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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