Willie Gavin, Crofter Man

by David Kerr Cameron

Recreates a crofting community through the life of Willie Gavin. Through his eyes the reader experiences the hardships of life as well as a lighter the bonds of friendship; the weddings and the festivals; and the lives of the children.

Genres: Scotland

221 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

He may have spent most of his life as a journalist in London, but David Kerr Cameron never forgot the rigours of farming life in his native Aberdeenshire, which he wrote about with un-sentimental vividness in his three best-loved and award-winning books. The Ballad and the Plough (1978), Willie Gavin, Crofter Man (1980), and The Cornkister Days (1984), all of which won Scottish Arts Council Awards, gave the social history of the North-East a readability that drew comparisons with the work of the late John Prebble.

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Reviews

[Shona]

I read this as research for something I was doing at work. I really enjoyed a look at how things used to be.