Island of dreams : a personal history of a remarkable place
Boothby, Dan2016
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Dan Boothby had been drifting for more than twenty years, without the pontoons of family, friends or a steady occupation. He was looking for but never finding the perfect place to land. Finally, unexpectedly, an opportunity presented itself. After a lifelong obsession with Gavin Maxwell's 'Ring of Bright Water' trilogy, Boothby was given the chance to move to Maxwell's former home, a tiny island on the western seaboard of the Highlands of Scotland. 'Island of Dreams' is about Boothby's time living there, and about the natural and human history that surrounded him; it's about the people he meets and the stories they tell, and about his engagement with this remote landscape, including the otters that inhabit it.
Main title:
Island of dreams : a personal history of a remarkable place / Dan Boothby.
Author:
Boothby, Dan, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2016.
Collation:
296 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2015.BCT Book Club Title, multiple copies available. StKrOLAIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781509800773 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.156914.117941.1
LC class:
DA880
Local class:
941.156
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1540545