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    From the Alleghenies to the Hebrides: An Autobiography

    By Margaret Fay Shaw

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    Margaret Fay Shaw’s life spans a century of change. Orphaned at 11 she left home and school in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia aged 16, crossing to Scotland to spend a year at school near Glasgow. It was there that her love for Scotland was born. After studying music in New York and Paris, she returned to live for six years with two sisters in South Uist. Life on the island had changed littlefrom previous centuries, and material comforts were few. But the island was rich in music and tradition, and Margaret Fay Shaw’s collection of Gaelic lore and song are amongst the most important made this century, whilst her photography evocatively captures the aura of a vanished world.Her autobiography is the remarkable testament of a remarkable woman as well as a powerful plea in defence of a Gaelic culture and world under threat. It is written with a sharpness of observation, directness of humour and zest for life which make it a marvellous record of the twentieth century.
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    Release dateApr 12, 2018
    ISBN9780857902856
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    From the Alleghenies to the Hebrides: An Autobiography
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    Margaret Fay Shaw

    Margaret Fay Shaw’s life spans a century of change. Leaving home and school in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia aged 16, she crossed to Scotland to spend a year at school near Glasgow. It was there that her love for Scotland was born. After studying music in New York and Paris, she returned to live for six years with two sisters in South Uist. Life on the island had changed little from previous centuries, and material comforts were few. But the island was rich in music and tradition, and Margaret Fay Shaw’s collection of Gaelic lore and song are amongst the most important made this century, whilst her photography evocatively captures the aura of a vanished world.

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    • 5/5
      Margaret Fay Shaw, who died in December 2004 at the age of 101, tells the story of her life - and the title says it all. An American traveller avant-la-lettre, falling in love with the South Uist of 1924, which she traverses on a bicycle. She ended her days on the isle of Canna, across the water from South Uist.
    • 4/5
      Very appropriate for anyone interested in or having a connection with the Hebrides especially although the authors childhood and teenage years are spent at the Alleghenies and that is very informative also. Set way back starting out in the 1920's. Amazing how so many things have altered since then - a good read and some top tips hidden in there.