People Of The Sea, The

Author: David Thomson (Foreword by); Stewart Sanderson (Afterword by)

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Price : $22.95 AUD
ISBN : 9781841951072
Publisher : Canongate Books
Imprint : Canongate Books
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Weight (g) : 0.17
Publication date : 06 February 2001
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Author : David Thomson (Foreword by); Stewart Sanderson (Afterword by)
Series : Canongate Classics Ser.
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Edition : New edition
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Language : English
Dewey classification : 398.2452979
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David Thomson visited the remote sea coasts of the Scottish Isles and the West of Ireland on journeys in search of the legends of the selchies - mythological creatures who transform from seals into humans.

A magical world emerged, in which men are rescued by seals in stormy seas, take seal-women for their wives and have their children suckled by seal-mothers. Mysterious and fascinating, these stories retain their spellbinding charm through Thomson's beautiful prose. The People of the Sea is a timeless and haunting book, rich in rewards and surprises.

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David Thomson won the McVitie's Prize for Scottish Writer of the Year in 1987, and NCR Book Award for non-fiction in 1988.

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