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Neil Munro
Book List in Order: 17 titles
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Gilian the Dreamer
- Mar-2002
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Set at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, as disaffected soldiers are returning to their homes in the Highlands, this book tells the story of Gilian -- a sensitive young boy who has only known the old ways of the Highlands, and for whom the new social o...
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The Vital Spark
- Oct-2003
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The hilarious exploits of Para Handy and his crew - beloved by readers since Neil Munro first set them loose on an unsuspecting public all those years ago - are now part of Scotland's genetic make-up. But despite the tales of the Master Mariner, Doug...
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Ayrshire Idylls
- Jul-2004
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A short story collection by Neil Munro, best known as the author of the "Para Handy" tales, but also the creator of many more serious works. Ayrshire Idylls features stories about Robert Burns, Boswell and Doctor Johnson, John Galt and two episodes i...
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Shoes of Fortune
- Nov-2006
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It is an odd thing, chance-the one element to baffle the logician and make the scheming of the wisest look as foolish in the long run as the sandy citadel a child builds upon the shore without any thought of the incoming tide. A strange thing, chance...
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Fancy Farm
- May-2008
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Donal Grant
- Mar-2010
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According to Wikipedia: Neil Munro (1863 - 1930) was a journalist and author. He was born in Inveraray and worked as a journalist on various Scottish newspapers. He saw himself as a serious writer, and published several novels under his own name, mos...
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The Lost Pibroch
- May-2014
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TO the make of a piper go seven years of his own learning and seven generations before. If it is in, it will out, as the Gaelic old-word says; if not, let him take to the net or sword. At the end of his seven years one born to it will stand at the st...
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In Highland Harbours with Para Handy
- Oct-2014
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Neil Munro (1863 â€" 1930) was a Scottish journalist, newspaper editor, author and literary critic. He is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. The best known were about the fictional Clyd...
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Daft Days
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...
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Doom Castle
Doom Castle is the story of young Count Victor's journey to Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, searching for a traitor to the Jacobite cause as well as a mysterious man under the name of "Drimdarroch", whom he swore revenge. After a p...
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Hurricane Jack Of 'The Vital Spark'
Neil Munro was a serious writer but is now mainly known for his humorous short stories, originally written under the pen name Hugh Foulis. (It seems that he was not making a serious attempt to disguise his identity, but wanted to keep his serious and...
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In Highland Harbors With Para Handy
ON A CLYDE PUFFER Get ready for charm and whimsy with the sweetness and bite of twenty-year-old single malt Scotch. There's a new cook named Sunny Jim on the steamer The Vital Spark in this collection of droll tales of the Scots characters. This i...
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John Splendid
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
