Among Islands

by Jim Crumley

Reflecting on 25 years of travelling around the islands of Scotland, the author of this book recounts the time he has spent island-lingering, from Shetland and Orkney in the north, to Islay and Jura in the south. The author calls for a more considered and caring attitude towards these landscapes, their wildlife tribes, and the human communities which inhabit them.

Genres: Natural History

159 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1994

About the author

Jim Crumley is a Scottish nature writer with almost 20 books to his name, mostly on the landscape and wildlife of Scotland. He is renowned for his style - passionate, inspiring, visionary, sensitive, majestic - no work of his should be missed. He is also a columnist and presenter of radio programmes.

He has also received the accolade of '...the best nature writer now working in Great Britain...' from David Craig in the Los Angeles Times Book Review.

Reviews

[Gareth Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful, empathetic descriptions of Scottish islands with due regard for their occupants. Lyrical and passionate writing that makes you want to get on a ferry. Although written at the end of the last century, there is little here that needs changing - for good or bad. Only the colour resolution of tge copious photographs let the book down a little.
A fantastic Oxfam find.