THE BOOK:
""Recollections of an Argyllshire Drover" & Other West Highland Chronicles "by Eric R. Cregeen. Edited by Margaret Bennett
Eric Cregeen's groundbreaking research into the Argyll Estate Papers and into the oral tradition of the Scottish West Highlands are at the heart of this collection. During his appointment at the University of Edinburgh's School of Scottish Studies, Cregeen tape-recorded tradition bearers in both Gaelic and English, gathering information that is today priceless, such as the descriptions of the last Argyll drover.
He was a founding member of the...