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A Scottish Journey - Personal Impressions of Modern Scotland - cover

A Scottish Journey - Personal Impressions of Modern Scotland

James McEnaney

Publisher: Luath Press

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Summary

'Scotland as I saw it on this journey is vibrant and exciting and very much alive, a tartan patchwork of the past, present and future of the country woven together by all those people who have ever called it 'home' and all the others who will.'

James McEnaney sees Scotland as a 'complicated and conflicted place' that needs a disruption of the status quo. He presents the country as he found it on his journey – struggling with contemporary mistakes and historic wrongs, but also bustling with energy and expectation, ultimately offering glimpses of the better, brighter future which might just be on the way.
Available since: 04/24/2020.
Print length: 278 pages.

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