Far from the Rowan Tree

Brown, Margaret Gillies

ISBN 10: 1874640696 / ISBN 13: 9781874640691

Published by Argyll Pub, United Kingdom, 1999

About this Item

1999 Argyll Pub reprint paperback; Very Good, clean copy, lightly aged else near as new condition; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.

Seller Inventory # S952tt

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Far from the Rowan Tree
• Publisher: Argyll Pub, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1874640696
• ISBN 13: 9781874640691
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Scottish

About this title

Synopsis

In the 1950s many people make the great leap into the unknown and migrated to Canada. In the hope of a better life, a young Scotswoman and her family found themselves on a remote farm in the Prairie land of Alberta. In a superbly written account of their adventures, Margaret Gillies Brown tells the story of the highs and lows of settling in the New World and of the realities of a great migration. Far from the Rowan Tree is a moving, evocative and ultimately affirming story of human energy and initiative.

Review

"A heartwarming story." -- The Leopard

"Pioneers like these are the kind of Scots we should hear more about." -- Govanhill & Gorbals News

"You can't help but warm to this." -- Farmers Weekly

"brilliant insight" -- The Big Issue

"compellingly personal, (a) vivid portrait" -- Scotland on Sunday