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Finlay J. Macdonald


Born
in Harris, Western Isles, Scotland
July 04, 1925

Died
October 14, 1987

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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.

Average rating: 4.19 · 222 ratings · 30 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors
A Journey to the Western Is...

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Crowdie and Cream and Other...

4.32 avg rating — 128 ratings — published 1983 — 14 editions
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The Corncrake and the Lysander

4.03 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1985 — 7 editions
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Crotal & White

3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions
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The Finlay J. Macdonald Omn...

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Crowdie and Cream

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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