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The Horsieman - Memories of a Traveller 1928-58 (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 3 890
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The Horsieman - Memories of a Traveller 1928-58 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R389
Discovery Miles 3 890
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Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson and great grandson of
nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers. In this
book, he describes his life as a traveller with verve, candour and
intimacy, recounting a childhood spent on the shores of Loch Fyne,
work on the small hill farms in the summer, walking with barrows
and prams and later with horse and cart, the length and breadth of
Scotland. He recalls camping with hundreds of traveller families
from the 1940s to the 1960s, his marriage to his cousin, Jeanie
Townsley, and all the various traditional skills and arts which
must be perfected for a man to maintain his family adequately. The
Horsieman is the story of traditions long vanished - of traveller
trades, of building tents, of routes travelled and traditional
camping sites, of stories, songs, music and cures which have been
the heritage and tradition of travelling people in Scotland through
the ages. Set mainly in Argyll, Tayside and all stations in
between, Duncan Williamson's story is told with great warmth and
humour and in the inimitable style of one Scotland's master
storytellers.
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