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Walking with cattle: in search of the last drovers of Uist

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Droving was once the lifeblood of Scotland's rural economy, and for centuries Scotland's glens and mountain passes were alive with thousands of cattle making their way to the market trysts of Crieff and Falkirk.

With the Industrial Revolution, ships, railways and eventually lorries took over the drovers' trade.

Except, however, in the Western Isles, where droving on foot continued until the mid-1960s.

In this book Terry J. Williams follows the route of the drovers and their cattle from the remote Atlantic coast of Uist to the Highland marts.

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Product Details
Birlinn
0857909800 / 9780857909800
eBook (EPUB)
07/09/2017
English
160 pages
Copy: 10%; print: 10%
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