The Life and Times of Inverness
Published on 1. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-0-85976-442-1 (ISBN)
Description
Local personalities, sporting triumphs and disasters, trade and industry, schools and churches are all covered in this text, and the emphasis throughout is on the people of the burgh and their reaction to events which they faced through the history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
60 illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 213 mm
Width: 135 mm
Weight
291 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85976-442-1 (9780859764421)
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Person
Noman S. Newton was born in Glasgow, and began his career as a librarian in Glasgow University Library. He then worked in public libraries in Campbeltown and Inverness, becoming Reference Librarian at Inverness Library from 1992 to 1998. He was then in charge of Reference and Information Services for the whole Highland Libraries network until his retirement in 2009. He is the author of several books on Scottish islands and on the local history of Inverness, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.