
Island Years, Island Farm
Frank Fraser Darling(Author)
Little Toller Books (Publisher)
Published on 20. May 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-908213-01-3 (ISBN)
Description
Unhappily land-locked in his early adult life, Frank Fraser Darling's fortunes changed when he began visiting Scotland's west coast in the 1930s. Surviving treacherous boat journeys, a broken leg, and hell-bent storms, he made temporary homes with his family on some of the remotest Hebridean islands so he could study the habits of grey seals and seabirds. The family finally settled on an abandoned croft in the Summer Isles, on Tanera Mor, and started farming the barren land. They repaired a ruined herring fishery and its stone quay. They fertilised the ground with seaweed, cut peat for the fires, planted a garden behind sheltered walls. Slowly, they brought life back to the island. Little Toller republishes classic books about nature and rural life.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Wimborne Minster
United Kingdom
Illustrations
b/w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-908213-01-3 (9781908213013)
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