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Highland Journeys
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Series: Stirling / South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected
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ISBN10: 0748624864
ISBN13: 9780748624867
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Apr 22 2010
Pages: 472
Weight: 1.94
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780748624867
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Apr 22 2010
Pages: 472
Weight: 1.94
Height: 1.60 Width: 6.50 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in Highland Journeys he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the Highland Clearances. He gives vivid pictures of his experiences, including a narrow escape from a Navy press-gang, and a Sacrament day with one minister preaching in English and another in Gaelic. Hogg also explains aspects of Gaelic culture such as the waulking songs, and he describes the trade in kelp, lucrative to the landowners but back-breaking and ill-paid for the workers. Highland Journeys makes a refreshing contribution to our understanding of early nineteenth-century travel writing.
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