Isle of Coll photos and the emotions of those

and the emotions of those they left behind

Categories: Memoir

Central to its introduction was Malcolm McLaurin

‘Fairy Pools’

The writing is throughout that of a poet

Isle of Coll photos and the emotions of thoseFacets of a Gem by Ewen McGee This book looks at one gem of a Hebridean island from every angle, from the very earliest days to today. It looks at land, law, language, education, emigration, employment, travel, housing, communication, nature and much more; for example the references to flora from 1764: ' the most beautiful embroidered carpet that the earth perhaps is anywhere covered with' and from 1803: ' a plain thickly covered with a wild geranium