The Truth About St. Kilda: An Islander's Memoir - Softcover

Gillies, Donald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780272081 ISBN 13: 9781780272085

Verlag: Birlinn Ltd, 2014

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'a remarkable document' * The Herald *

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The Truth about St Kilda is a unique record of the isolated way of life on St Kilda in the early part of the twentieth century, based on seven handwritten notebooks written by the Rev. Donald Gillies, containing reminiscences of his childhood on the island of Hirta. It provides a first-hand account of the living conditions, social structure and economy of the community in the early 1900s, before the evacuation of the remaining residents in 1930. The memoirs describe in some detail the St Kildans' way of life, including religious life and the islanders' diet. The puritanical form of religion practised on St Kilda has often been interpreted by outsiders as austere and draconian, but Gillies' account of the islanders' religious practices makes clear the important role that these had in reinforcing the spiritual stamina of the community. This book is a lasting tribute to the adaptability and courage of a small Gaelic-speaking society which endured through two millennia on a remote cluster of islands, until its way of life could no longer be sustained.

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• Verlag: Birlinn Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1780272081
• ISBN 13: 9781780272085
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192