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Clap Hands for the Singing Molecatcher: Scenes from a Scottish Childhood 2nd Revised Edition
Author(s): Roderick Grant (Author), Robert Field (Drawings)
- Publisher: Birlinn
- Publication Date: 26 Mar. 2007
- Edition: 2nd Revised
- Language: English
- Print length: 168 pages
- ISBN-10: 1841585955
- ISBN-13: 9781841585956
Book Description
Laughter, tragedy and dramatic incident thread their way through the life of a growing boy and the lives of the people he observes. Roderick Grant's book is not merely one of nostalgic recall. It is a richly evocative memoir of a time and place when horses still drew ploughs and children walked seven miles or more each day to reach their school; and where shepherd and gamekeeper, farmer and labourer, forester, railway worker, teacher, laird and minister, and their families, were all part of a community, close-knit in its isolation from the changing post-war world.
Editorial Reviews
Review
'Absolutely fascinating ... beautifully written' --bbc
'a detailed, loving and always interesting recollection of an adventurous Scottish childhood' --Angus MacVicar
About the Author
Roderick Grant was born in Forres, Morayshire, in 1941, where he attended the local academy. He has worked as a forestry worker, a journalist, a newspaper editor, a television presenter, a radio broadcaster, a bookshop manager and a postman. He has also published writing in both Britain and the USA, including short stories and numerous books such as A Private Vendetta, The Clutch of Caution and Strathalder: A Highland Estate (available from Birlinn Autumn 2007).
