Cattle on a Thousand Hills
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Cattle on a Thousand Hills

  1. 165 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Cattle on a Thousand Hills

About this book

While their role has been all too often overlooked by historians, cattle played an integral part in the economy, ecology and culture of Highland life. Although many of these animals and their keepers have been abandoned in favour of sheep walks and deer forests, their legacy has remained through stories, paintings and songs. Infused by the author's own experiences of small holding at the end of the crofting era, this book offers an excellent insight into the social history and colourful customs assosiated with tending cattle on crofts, on shielings and on the drove roads of old, in an account that is populated by legendary figures, mighty beasts and characters larger than life. Perhaps most importantly of all, however, this is a history that looks to the future - a recent revival in cattle and traditional practices could pave the way for the truly sustainable agriculture practices so crucial to the fate of the planet at large.

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Information

Publisher
Luath Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781906817442
eBook ISBN
9781913025779
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Foreword
  8. Preface
  9. Chapter One The Early Cattle
  10. Chapter Two The Caterans
  11. Chapter Three Summer at the Shielings
  12. Chapter Four Droving
  13. Chapter Five Hide, Hair, Horn and Hoof
  14. Chapter Six In the Kitchen
  15. Chapter Seven Cattle in Story and Song
  16. Chapter Eight Pen and Paintbrush in the Highlands
  17. Chapter Nine Today
  18. Bibliography
  19. Chronology