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Land of the Lost: Exploring the North-East's Vanished Townships Paperback - 2011

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Author: Robert Smith
ISBN: 9781841589428

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From the publisher

This is a book about a search for a sense of the past, looking at old days and old ways; hoping, perhaps, to find a whisper of those 'voices on the braes'. This is the story of the vanished peoples and communities of the Northeast; of people and places whose lives, achievements and traditions are today on the very edge of memory. Through Deeside, Donside, Strathavon and beyond, Bob Smith searches out the deserted and forgotten villages and clachans which lay throughout the area and whose rich history is now often simply commemorated by anonymous ruins set deep in remote glens. First published in 1997, Land of the Lost was an instant success. This new edition has been expanded by almost half to incorporate chapters on the glens south of Strathdon, the area around Belnagauld and the Bunzeach, Mulloch Hill, the track known as the Pollach Road, the fermtouns around Monymusk, and the area around Foudland. It also includes numerous rare archive photographs.

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Title Land of the Lost: Exploring the North-East's Vanished Townships
Author Robert Smith
Binding Paperback
Edition New edition
Pages 228
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Birlinn
Publication date 2011-04
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9781841589428 / 184158942X
Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
Dimensions 9.2 x 6.15 x 0.7 in (23.37 x 15.62 x 1.78 cm)
Category Sociology
Library of Congress subjects Grampian (Scotland) - Description and travel, Grampian (Scotland) - Social life and customs
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010671322
Dewey Decimal Code 941.24

About the author

Robert Smith began his journalistic career as a copy boy at the age of fifteen, and would go on to be the longest-serving editor of the Evening Express in Aberdeen. On retiring he became a prolific author of local history and walks in the North-East of Scotland. Robert died in 2008 at the age of eighty-four.

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