Island Going
Published on 6. July 2017
384 pages
978-0-85790-961-9 (ISBN)
Description
In July 1935, Robert Atkinson and John Ainslie set out on an ornithological search for the rare Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. Their quest was to last for twelve years and took them from their Oxford base to many of the remote and often deserted islands off the north-west coast of Scotland.
Island Going is the account of their adventure. Not only is it packed with marvellous descriptions of the wildlife and landscapes of the islands as well as the journey itself, it also paints a vivid portrait of the way of life of the islanders and their history and traditions.
Island Going is the account of their adventure. Not only is it packed with marvellous descriptions of the wildlife and landscapes of the islands as well as the journey itself, it also paints a vivid portrait of the way of life of the islanders and their history and traditions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Illustrations
32 Plates, black and white
File size
1,81 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-85790-961-9 (9780857909619)
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Robert Atkinson
Island Going
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Robert Atkinson was raised in southern England, but developed a passion for the islands, and just before the middle of the 20th century, unleashed a brand new style of island writing. Filled with energy and vigor, along with fantastic photography, Island Going remains his greatest legacy.
Hamish Haswell-Smith is a retired architect and keen yachtmaster. An accomplished artist, his sketches and paintings have been exhibited in many British and European galleries. He lives in Edinburgh and continues to explore the Scottish Islands.
Hamish Haswell-Smith is a retired architect and keen yachtmaster. An accomplished artist, his sketches and paintings have been exhibited in many British and European galleries. He lives in Edinburgh and continues to explore the Scottish Islands.
Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Author's Note
- Contents
- Illustrations in the Text
- Introduction
- Prologue: The Outliers
- First Year: Handa Island
- 1 The Sailors' Home
- 2 The First Island
- Second Year: North Rona - Shiant Isles - Canna
- 3 North!
- 4 'A World Alone'
- 5 A House and Grounds
- 6 Leach's Petrel
- 7 A Rona Annual
- 8 The Visitors' Years
- 1 An Ecclesiological Note
- 2 Melancholy Events
- 3 Steam Yachts Downwards
- 9 A Dull Calm Night
- 10 The Shiant Isles
- 1 Eileanan Seunta, The Enchanted Isles
- 2 Garbh Eilean and Eilean an Tigh
- 11 A Shearwater Hunt
- 12 Rough Island-story
- 1 A Hundred Years of Decline
- 2 The Ancient Race
- 3 The Legend
- Third Year: Flannan Isles - North Rona - Eigg
- 13 Rock Station
- 1 Eilean Mor
- 2 Flannans Might and Relief Day
- 14 Another Rona Annual
- 15 The Voice of Eigg
- Fourth Year: North Uist - Monach Isles - St Kilda
- 16 Sea-board, North Uist
- 17 The Monach Isles
- 18 Going to St Kilda
- 19 St Kilda Now
- 20 Sheep, Mice and Wrens
- 1 Sheep
- 2 Mice
- 3 Wrens
- 21 Natives and Visitors
- 22 St Kilda Evacuated
- Fifth Year: Sula Sgeir
- 23 Ultima Thule
- 24 Attempting Ultima Thule
- 25 'What can be said of it?'
- 26 The fishing boat Heather
- Long Interval: Lewis Remembered
- 27 Lewis Remembered
- Sixth Year: The Hebrides Regained
- 28 A View of the Shiant Isles
- 29 A View of North Rona
- Epilogue, A Bird's-Eye View
- Select Bibliography
- Events and Dates, North Rona
- Index
