The Old Red Sandstone: or, New Walks in an Old Field, Volumes 1 and 2
Hugh Miller, James Robertson, Prof. Ralph O' Connor, Doctor Dr Michael A. Taylor
Language: English
Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd 2023-06-29, 2023
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- Title
- The Old Red Sandstone: or, New Walks in an Old Field, Volumes 1 and 2
- Author
- Hugh Miller, James Robertson, Prof. Ralph O' Connor, Doctor Dr Michael A. Taylor
- Publisher
- NMSE - Publishing Ltd 2023-06-29
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 191068225X
- ISBN 13
- 9781910682258
WINNER OF THE RESEARCH CATEGORY IN SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2023
This edition of The Old Red Sandstone is the first truly new one for a century. It comes in two volumes: Volume 2 reprints the original, and now rare, first edition in facsimile with notes and glossary. Volume 1 explores how Miller wrote his book and why it was so important.
Ross-shire born polymath Hugh Miller (1802-56), self-taught stonemason, geologist and writer, was famous in his lifetime across the English-speaking world. On one level, The Old Red Sandstone is a description of the geology of Cromarty, Ross-shire, with diversions into its scenery, history and folklore, but it is also an autobiographical memoir and work of literature. It was enormously popular on its first publication in 1841.
The editors have combined their expertise – in history, English literature, Celtic languages and culture (Ralph O’ Connor) and palaeontology, museums, history of geology (Michael A Taylor) – to annotate the text of this most idiosyncratic book for a new generation of readers, and to provide a critical study.
In a pre-Darwinian era, Hugh Miller reconciled his geological knowledge with his religious beliefs and his reader-friendly writings encouraged in others an interest in fossils. His writings are, as novelist James Robertson says in the Foreword, still very readable and relevant today.
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About the Author
Ross-shire-born Hugh Miller (1802-56), self-taught stonemason, geologist and writer, was famous in his lifetime across the English-speaking world. A social commentator and crusader, he also, pre-Darwin, inspired in others an interest in fossils. This two-volume set of books include a facsimile edition of his classic The Old Red Sandstone, first published in 1841.
Dr Michael A. Taylor is Research Associate, Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Scotland, and Visiting Research Fellow, School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester. He is the author of the biography Hugh Miller: Stonemason, Geologist, Writer and he edited the facsimile edition of Hugh Miller's The Cruise of the Betsey with Rambles of a Geologist, both published by NMSE – Publishing.
Professor Ralph O' Connor is Professor in the Literature and Culture of Britain, Ireland and Iceland, University of Aberdeen.
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