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by Kathleen Fidler
| Large format paperback in Very Good condition. Light wear.
First published 1964.
First published in Kelpies 1984.
This edition published 2002.
192 pages. Illustrated with black and white line drawings by Mike Charlton.
13cm x 19.8cm x 1.4cm.
Weight: 200gms.
Cover price: £4.99.
Cover picture: Mable Forsyth.
Cover Design: Trigger press.
Kathleen Annie Fidler Goldie - Born 10th August 1899, Coalville, Leicestershire - Died 1980.
This children's classic tells the story of the Highland Clearances as they affect one small family. The Murrays are forced to leave their home and travel across Scotland to Glasgow. There the family are offered the chance to join an emigrant ship bound for Hudson Bay in Canada, and make a perilous journey into a new life in the Red River Colony.
Kathleen Fidler brings the historical details to life, as the Murrays experience the evictions and burning of the crofters' homes; endure the hardship of child labour in a Glasgow cotton mill; survive the Atlantic crossing on a disease-ridden ship; and witness bitter feuding among rival colonists.
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Publisher: Kelpies
ISBN: 0863154018
Condition: Very Good |
2002
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| Postage & Handling to UK mainland: £3.00 | Price: £2.00
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