Collection: Local Collection Non Fiction

The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. This text takes many famous stories and removes layers of myth and sentiment to reveal the no less startling truth, paying particular attention to the exceptional Scottish role as traders, missionaries and soldiers.

The West Coast of Scotland has its own peculiarities when it comes to fishing vessels, including the Lochfyne skiff that emerged from several generations of innovation. It was the last evolutionary stage in the era of sailing boats in the Clyde area, prior to the advent of motorisation in the fir...