Author: John McPhee
Edition:
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B005E8ALMK
Edition:
Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B005E8ALMK
The Crofter and the Laird
When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors-Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland-a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there. Get The Crofter and the Laird literature books for free.
About eighty of these, crofters and farmers, had familial histories of unbroken residence on the island for two or three hundred years; the rest, including the English laird who owned Colonsay, were "incomers." Donald McNeill, the crofter of the title, was working out his existence in this last domain of the feudal system; the laird, the fourth Baron Strathcona, lived in Bath, appeared on Colonsay mainly in the summer, and accepted with nonchalance the fact that he was the least popular man on the island he owned. While comparing crofter and laird, McPhee gives readers a de Check The Crofter and the Laird our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.
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About eighty of these, crofters and farmers, had familial histories of unbroken residence on the island for two or three hundred years; the rest, including the English laird who owned Colonsay, were "incomers While comparing crofter and laird, McPhee gives readers a de
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