Native Stranger: A Journey in Familiar and Foreign Scotland

by Alastair Scott (Author)

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  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  After ten years of wanderlust which took him to nearly seventy countries around the world, Alastair Scott decided it was time to make 'home' his destination. Resolving to explore Scotland and the Scottish people in as much depth and breadth as possible, the author drew up an itinerary which would take him from the outermost isle to the innermost city, sampling the experiences of modern Scotland in all their diversity. Encompassing issues of the land, eccentrics in castles, the state of the Gaidheal, homelessness in Edinburgh, and all the idiosyncrasies of history, development and decline in between, Scott's journey covered four thousand miles of island, mountain and lowland. The variety of place and circumstance was exceeded only by that of the characters encountered en route. The result is a detailed and engrossing portrait of contemporary Scotland, and of one man's rediscovery of his native land.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1995

  $3.25

  After a decade of wanderlust which took him to nearly 70 countries around the world, Alastair Scott decided it was time to make home his destination. And home for him is Scotland. But for a man who has tracked across Alaska with a pack of dogs, armed only with determination, it was to be no ordinary journey. His native land deserved more than a cursory glance. Resolving to explore Scotland and the Scottish people in as much depth and breadth as possible, the author drew up an itinerary which would take him from the outermost isle to the innermost city, sampling the experiences of modern Scotland in all their diversity. Encompassing issues of the land, eccentrics in castles, the state of the GAIDHEAL, homelessness in Edinburgh, and all the idiosyncrasies of history, development and decline in between, Scott's journey covered 4000 miles of island, mountain and lowland. The variety of place and circumstance was exceeded only by that of the characters encountered en route. This work is the story of one man's rediscovery of his own country. It reveals a personal vision of the Scottish consciousness today, examining its nature and importance, and its potential for future change.