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Finlay J. Macdonald

Born

in Harris, Western Isles, Scotland

July 04, 1925

Died

October 14, 1987

Genre

Memoir

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Finlay John MacDonald - Fionnlagh Iain MacDhòmhnaill - was born on Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. He spoke Gaelic at home, and started English when he went to primary school. His three books, Crowdie and Cream, Crotal and White, and The Corncrake and the Lysander detail his childhood growing up. Crowdie and Cream was also a series of talks on BBC Radio. He also had a long and successful career as a radio drama and talks producer, a television director, and also a writer and editor.

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Finlay J. Macdonald’s books

Average rating: 4.18 · 216 ratings · 30 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Journey to the Western Isles: Johnson's Scottish Journey by Samuel Johnson, Finlay J. Macdonald 3.44 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 1775 — 203 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crowdie and Cream and Other Stories 4.30 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 1983 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corncrake and the Lysander 4.03 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crotal & White 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Finlay J. Macdonald Omnibus 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crowdie and Cream 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crotal And White: Scenes from a Hebridean Boyhood 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crowdie And Cream And Other Stories by Finlay J. Macdonald (28-Mar-1991) Paperback 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Education isn't for being something, boy: education is for enjoying whatever you are. The only thing you have to be in life is yourself.”
― Finlay J. Macdonald, The Corncrake and the Lysander

tags: education, life, life-lessons

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