Seton Gordon

[ThistleDown]

Sara, if you like Tranter you might like the Jacobite Trilogy by D.K. Broster.

Yes, definitely. D(orothy) K(athleen) Broster was English, not Scottish, but her Trilogy is good reading.

[Jock Scot]

We often used to see Seton wandering around the hills about here, dressed in the most threadbare and much patched kilt that I have ever seen. He was not in the least bit bothered about any his attire matching and would have given anyone who considered these trifles important, heart failure! He had a passion for golden eagles and was also an authority on all the natural history of the Scottish Highlands.

[ThistleDown]

Another for you, Sara: "In the Glens Where I was Young" by Meta Scarlett. Meta was the wife of James Scarlett, "the grand old man of tartan", who died earlier this year in Strathdearn. JockScot remarked about Seton Gordon's standard of dress. That was Jamie's, too. Even though he wove the most wonderful tartan in wool, his kilt always looked as though it had been woven of hair and he had just walked through a rose bush. He was enormously fond of cats, you see, and spent his evenings reading with two or three of them in his lap.

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

This is great!! The longer the list the better. I enjoy natural history books and especially books by colourful people.
Please if anyone can think of more please add them to the list!!
Thanks all again,
Sara
An incurable bibliophile!

[ThistleDown]

More, Sara?

"Crotal & White" by Finlay Macdonald (1983)
"The Hills of Home" and its sequel "In Memory Long" by Amy Stewart Fraser
John Prebble's works, of course: "The High Girders", "Culloden", "The Highland Clearances", "Glencoe", "The Darien Disaster", "The Lion in the North", "Mutiny..." and "The King's Jaunt"

[ThistleDown]

and:

"Indomitable Colonel" by Loraine Maclean of Dochgarroch (1986)
"By the Banks of the Ness" by Mairi MacDonald (1982)
"Everyday Life on an Old Highland Farm" by Dr Isobel Grant (1924 and 1981)
"March Past" by Lord Lovat (1978)

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

More, Sara?

John Prebble's works, of course: "The High Girders", "Culloden", "The Highland Clearances", "Glencoe", "The Darien Disaster", "The Lion in the North", "Mutiny..." and "The King's Jaunt"

I have read most of Prebble's works and enjoyed them very much. I just have "The High Girders" left to go. I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of it last spring. I found it the hardest of his works to obtain.

Thanks again for the list ThistleDown. I really don't know what to read when it comes to the subject, so your help and the other members who have chimed in has been invaluable!
Thanks again,
Sara