Discovering Dundee: The Story of a City

Scott, Andrew Murray

ISBN 10: 0901824917 / ISBN 13: 9780901824912

Published by Mercat Press, 1989

About this Item

1989 Mercat Press first edition paperback; very good, near as new copy; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.

Seller Inventory # S368q

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Discovering Dundee: The Story of a City
• Publisher: Mercat Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0901824917
• ISBN 13: 9780901824912
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Scottish

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Synopsis

This book is not just about great events. One reads of the first streetcleaner, of the Provost who seized power and held it for 40 years, of the water-caddies, the prowess of Dundee's shipbuildres and whalers, of child labour in Dundee jute mills. There are short biographies of great Dundonians and asection on the lost architecture of Dundee.

About the Author

Andrew Murray Scott is a novelist and non-fiction writer whose titles include the novels, "Tumulus," and "Estuary Blue," a biography of avant-garde novelist, Alexander Trocchi ("The Making of the Monster") and "Britain's Secret War." Other non-fiction titles include "Modern Dundee: Life in the City Since World War Two," and "Bonnie Dundee: John Graham of Claverhouse." An MA Hons graduate in English and History, he was born in Aberdeen and presently lives at Broughty Ferry.