A School In South Uist - Reminiscences of a Hebridean Schoolmaster, 1890-1913
Title: A School In South Uist - Reminiscences of a Hebridean Schoolmaster, 1890-1913
Author: F.G. Rea. Edited by John Lorne Campbell
Publisher: Routledge and Kegan Paul, London
Date: 1964
Hardback - 1st Edition with original dustcover. Illustrated. 214pp
Synopsis
In 1889 the newly elected School Board of the Island of Uist had to fill the post of head teacher in the school of Garrynamonie in the southern part of the island. Their choice fell upon Mr Frederick G. Rea a native of Birmingham. He was the first Englishman to be appointed to a head teachership in this Gaelic-speaking island and he held the position from 1890 to 1894 and again from 1903 to 1913.
These are his memoirs and this book first published in 1964 was prepared for publication and introduced by the Gaelic writer John Lorne Cambell.
Condition Notes
A very well presented copy of this 1st edition from 1964 with a well preserved original dustcover with just some light fraying around the edges. The inside pages are bright and clean throughout. There is a previous owner name, comment and date(Aug 1964) in ink on the inside end paper.
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