Seton Gordon

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

I just finished reading an interesting article about Scottish author Seton Gordon and was wondering if any members have read any of his works?
Sara

[ThistleDown]

May I suggest "Seton Gordon: The Life and Times of a Highland Gentleman" by Raymond Eagle. Published by Lochar in 1991 it is currently out of print, but you may find it as ISBN 0-948403-83-7.

[Southern Breeze]

I've read several of his books. A quick search turned up several that available online.


The Land of the Hills and the Glens; Wild Life in Iona and the Inner Hebrides
By Seton Gordon
http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&...um=7&ct=result

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

Wow that's great! Thank you for the list. He sounded like a very interesting gentleman.
Thanks again,
Sara

[ThistleDown]

Yes, a fascinating man. His son, Alasdair, now lives in Vancouver.

Sara, you might also be interested in the works of Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, a contemporary of Seton Gordon. In particular, The Goat Wife.

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

Yes, a fascinating man. His son, Alasdair, now lives in Vancouver.

Sara, you might also be interested in the works of Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, a contemporary of Seton Gordon. In particular, The Goat Wife.

Thank you for the suggestion. I have just placed it in my "Books to read" notebook.
I would like to read more Scottish authors. I have been making my way through Nigel Tranter's works and I like them, but I stumbled upon a lovely book called the "The Braes of Glenlivet". I enjoyed the scenes of everyday rural highland life. I would like to read authors more along that line. my project for after Christmas is to get my hands on some books by Gordon and Tom Weir (I like watching his show online)
I did like Lillian Beckwith's books.
Thanks for the suggestions and please keep them coming!
Sara

[Macman]

Sara, if you like Tranter you might like the Jacobite Trilogy by D.K. Broster.

[ThistleDown]

Sara, if you like Tranter you might like the Jacobite Trilogy by D.K. Broster.

Yes, definitely. D(orothy) K(athleen) Broster was English, not Scottish, but her Trilogy is good reading.

[Jock Scot]

We often used to see Seton wandering around the hills about here, dressed in the most threadbare and much patched kilt that I have ever seen. He was not in the least bit bothered about any his attire matching and would have given anyone who considered these trifles important, heart failure! He had a passion for golden eagles and was also an authority on all the natural history of the Scottish Highlands.

[ThistleDown]

Another for you, Sara: "In the Glens Where I was Young" by Meta Scarlett. Meta was the wife of James Scarlett, "the grand old man of tartan", who died earlier this year in Strathdearn. JockScot remarked about Seton Gordon's standard of dress. That was Jamie's, too. Even though he wove the most wonderful tartan in wool, his kilt always looked as though it had been woven of hair and he had just walked through a rose bush. He was enormously fond of cats, you see, and spent his evenings reading with two or three of them in his lap.