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The Crinan Canal

By: Marian Pallister

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Known as 'Britain's most beautiful shortcut', the Crinal Canal runs from Ardrishaig on Loch Fyne nine miles across the Kintyre peninsula to the west coast of Scotland. Designed by John Rennie after initial survey work by James Watt in 1771, the canal was opened in 1801, with further improvements made by Thomas Telford in the second decade of the nineteenth century. The canal was originally planned to save commercial ships having to make the long journey from the industrial region around Glasgow round the Mull of Kintyre to reach the west coast and Hebridean islands. By 1854, 33,000 passengers, 22,000 sheep and 2000 cattle had been transported along it. These days the canal is a popular route for leisure craft. In the book Marian Pallister tells the story of the canal from its origins to the present day, discussing how it was built, who built it, how it changed life in the surrounding areas, and how it has been used.

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Birlinn Ltd

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0857909568

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9780857909565

Argyll Curiosities

By: Marian Pallister

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Argyll Curiosities

By: Marian Pallister

The author of Lost Argyll offers an illustrated journey through the local lore and hidden histories of this curious county in the southwest of Scotland. The great travelers of the 17th century used the word “curiosity” in reference to many different things. The label was equally applied to people, plants, legends, historical facts and geological certainties. In Argyll Curiosities, Scottish author Marian Pallister follows their example in a 21st century journey around Argyll and its islands. It is difficult to find an area of Argyll which is not curious in some way: archaeology, geography, geology and genealogy have all revealed the uniqueness of this western fringe of Scotland. Going beyond the curiosities that are easily found on any journey through the county, Pallister has looked extensively into places, people and events which are curiously layered, resulting in a book that is overflowing with enchanting revelations and local histories.

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230

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Casemate Publishers

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178885098X

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9781788850988

Cruachan

The Hollow Mountain

By: Marian Pallister

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Cruachan

The Hollow Mountain

By: Marian Pallister

Cruachan!' was the battle cry of the Campbells. In the early 1960s, the invasion of the 3,000 men who hollowed out Argyll's noblest and highest mountain as part of a massive hydroelectric project could have annihilated the local community. Instead, the people of Loch Awe, Dalmally and Taynuilt welcomed the invaders, embraced the project and emerged the winners. Fifty years on, an integrated community still lives under the Hollow Mountain, and the cry 'Cruachan!' signifies a Scottish success story. In this book, based on interviews, media reports, court reports and film archive material, Marian Pallister tells the story of the project - featuring the extraordinary experience of those who worked on the mountain as well as the effects on the local community of one of the biggest civil engineering projects ever to have been undertaken in Scotland. She also considers the long-term effects of the project, looking at how the community was changed by the experience.

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0857908618

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9780857908612

Argyll Curiosities

By: Marian Pallister

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Argyll Curiosities

By: Marian Pallister

The great travellers of the 17th century – Martin, Penant, Johnson et al – used the word 'curiosity' to mean many different things. They labelled as 'curiosities' people, plants, legends, historical facts and geological certainties. This book follows their example in a 21st century journey around Argyll and its islands. It is difficult to find an area of Argyll which is not curious in some way: archaeology, geography, geology and genealogy have all served to mark out this western fringe of Scotland as unique. Discarding those curiosities which it is all too easy to find on any journey through the county, Marian Pallister has looked extensively into places, people and events which are curiously layered, and has created a book that is overflowing with enchanting 'curiosities' and local histories.

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The Crinan Canal

By: Marian Pallister

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By: Marian Pallister

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Marian Engel

Life in Letters

By: Marian Engel

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Marian Engel

Life in Letters

By: Marian Engel

Admired by a generation of Canadian authors and critics, Marian Engel was a writer's writer. This compilation offers an incomparable view into Canadian literature from 1965 to Engel's early death in 1985.

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348

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University of Toronto Press

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0802036872

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9780802036872

Lost Argyll

Argyll's Lost Heritage

By: Marian Pallister

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Lost Argyll

Argyll's Lost Heritage

By: Marian Pallister

In Lost Argyll, Marian Pallister looks not only at the lost architectural heritage of Argyll but also at its lost industries, ferries, roads, bridges, and archaeological monuments. Poltalloch House, for example, built in the 1840s as a monument to commerce and investment, lies ruinous, its owners having stripped it of its roof to avoid paying crippling rates; Campbeltown once bristled with distilleries until a cocktail of economic factors left it with only two; little remains of even the jetties at Loch Awe and West Loch Tarbert, two of the busiest waterways in times past. In this fascinating yet poignant study, Marian Pallister introduces the many varied aspects of lost Argyll, showing how ancient and even relatively modern landscapes have changed inexorably, often with little thought for conservation or preservation.

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288

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Birlinn Limited

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1841584827

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9781841584829

Cruachan

The Hollow Mountain

By: Marian Pallister

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The Hollow Mountain

By: Marian Pallister

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0857908618

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Canadian Books in Print 2002

By: Edited by Butler Marian,Marian Butler

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Canadian Books in Print 2002

By: Edited by Butler Marian,Marian Butler

Containing more than 48000 titles, of which approximately 4000 have a 2001 imprint, the author and title index is extensively cross-referenced. It offers a complete directory of Canadian publishers available, listing the names and ISBN prefixes, as well as the street, e-mail and web addresses.

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0802049745

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9780802049742

Not a Plack the Richer

Argyll's Mining Story

By: Marina Pallister

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Argyll's Mining Story

By: Marina Pallister

Argyll is well known for its magnificent scenery, breathtaking coastline and picturesque villages. But hidden among its beautiful hills and glensand on its islands is evidence of an extraordinary industrial past. Minerals have been mined in Argyll for millennia, and from the 1700s lead, copper, zinc, silver, nickel and gold were sought by landowners as a way to exploit their estates, as well as by entrepreneurs and prospectorswanting to make a quick buck or, preferably, a considerable fortune. Mining spurred the development of the county's infrastructure, bringingbursts of prosperity to remote communities and a 'frontier spirit' redolent of the American West.In this book, Marian Pallister tells the story of Argyll's mining past. Her research into official records, letters and other documentary material isset beside the personal experience of those involved at all levels in the industry itself and the local communities whose lives it changed forever.

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Birlinn Publishers

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1780275048

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Yesterday Was Summer

The Marion Campbell Story

By: Marian Pallister,David Adams McGilp

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Yesterday Was Summer

The Marion Campbell Story

By: Marian Pallister,David Adams McGilp

Marion Campbell enriched Scotland's cultural legacy by publishing more than 80 works in a writing career spanning more than half a century. This volume looks at the woman and her remarkable outputs.

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1904817025

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9781904817024

Nelson Mandela

Robben Island to Rainbow Nation

By: Marian Pallister

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Nelson Mandela

Robben Island to Rainbow Nation

By: Marian Pallister

Fairness, equality, leadership and justice had been values instilled in prisoner 46664 from his earliest years among his Xhosa people. Yet, more than four decades after his imprisonment the name Mandela continues to be an inspiration in the on-going struggle to create a better world.

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1906134529

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9781906134525

Book's by Marian Pallister

The Crinan Canal

The Crinan Canal

Argyll Curiosities

Argyll Curiosities

Cruachan

Cruachan

Argyll Curiosities

Argyll Curiosities

The Crinan Canal

The Crinan Canal

Marian Engel

Marian Engel

Lost Argyll

Lost Argyll

Cruachan

Cruachan

Canadian Books in Print 2002

Canadian Books in Print 2002

Not a Plack the Richer

Not a Plack the Richer

Yesterday Was Summer

Yesterday Was Summer

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

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