The Shetland Story

The Shetland Story

by Liv Kjorsvik Schei (Author), Gunnie Moberg (Author), Gunnie Moberg (Illustrator), Liv Kjorsvik Schei (Author)

Synopsis

Written by the authors of The Orkney Story , this is a detailed guide to Shetland. Liv Schei explores the language, folklore and traditions of the Islands. Struggle for island independence and self-government, assertion of fishing rights, customs and crafts, and the exciting and dangerous part played by the Shetlanders in the world wars are related. It includes many extracts of verse and prose from the people who have visited or lived in Shetland.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Edition: 1 St UK Edition
Publisher: Batsford Ltd
Published: 31 Mar 1988

ISBN 10: 0713455128
ISBN 13: 9780713455120