Otta F. Swire

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Otta F. Swire


Born
in Isle of Skye, Scotland
December 09, 1898

Died
January 02, 1973

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Otta Flora MacDonald Lois Swire, née Tarn, (1898 - 1973) was a Scottish author. She published Skye: the Island and Its Legends in 1952, a collection of fireside stories she had heard from her mother and her grandmother at Orbost House, in the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Her work was drawn from and referenced by many writers, from specialists to popular authors, such as Neil Gaiman.

She was the mother of the medical practitioner and Lockerbie Bombing campaigner, Dr. Jim Swire.
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Average rating: 3.92 · 188 ratings · 24 reviews · 7 distinct worksSimilar authors
Skye: The Island and its Le...

3.93 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1952 — 14 editions
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Scottish Tales of Terror

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3.31 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions
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The Inner Hebrides and thei...

4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
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The Highlands and Their Leg...

4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions
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Travellers' Tales: Road to ...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991 — 2 editions
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The Outer Hebrides and thei...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1966 — 2 editions
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