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The Horsieman: Memories of a Traveller 1928-1958 by Duncan Williamson

Son, grandson and great-grandson of nomadic tin-smiths, basket-makers, pipers and storytellers, Duncan Williamson describes his travelling life with verve, candour and intimacy. A childhood on the shores of Loch Fyne, work on the small hill farms in summer; walking with barrows and prams and later with horse and cart the length and breadth of Scotland. He recalls camping with hundreds of traveller families from the 1940's tp the 60's' his marriage to cousin Jeannie Townsley; and all the various traditional skills and arts which must be perfected for a man to maintain his family adequately.

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Features;

• Publisher Canongate Press Ltd., Edinburgh; 1994
• Brown Cloth Hardback, 276 pp
• Illustrated with many Drawings, Plates and Maps
• Size 240 x 160mm, 850g
• ISBN 0 86241 444 X

Condition: Very Good – Very Good Unclipped Dust Jacket, Previous Owners Bookplate, Very Good Copy

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