Collection: Local Collection Non Fiction

Work by members of the writers' group, the Raggedy Hopefuls, who are based in Dunoon and all come from the Cowal area.

Frederick Rendell Burnette’s life was built on a lie which escalated into a lifetime of lies, fakery and deceit. He was born Samuel John Rendell in 1860, the son of a Dorset blacksmith. When he was a young teenager, he ran away from home to join a travelling minstrel show where he learned the art...