Author : Neil Munro
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 20,88 MB
Release : 2020-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3752444045
Reproduction of the original: Jaunty Jock by Neil Munro
Author : Neil Munro
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Page : 690 pages
File Size : 11,20 MB
Release : 1937
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Author : Stuart Donald
Publisher : Neil Wilson Publishing
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 31,10 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Boaters (Persons)
ISBN : 9781897784549
This text is part of a trilogy of stories written in the style of Neil Munro. It features the motley crew of the Vital Spark as they stumble through a variety of Scottish west coast locations.
Author : Neil Munro
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,75 MB
Release : 1925
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Author : Neil Munro
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 22,1 MB
Release : 1896
Category : Clans
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Author : Neil Munro
Publisher :
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 1923
Category : English fiction
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Author : John Neil Munro
Publisher : Birlinn Limited
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 39,62 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781846970887
Glasgow-born Alex Harvey's career began in the 1950s when he won a competition to become Scotland's answer to Tommy Steele (he dubbed himself 'Last of the Teenage Idols'). He was a devoted family man but in front of an audience he became an unforgettable entertainer -- charismatic, provocative and intense. The Sensational Alex Harvey Band eventually became one of the most exciting live acts of the 1970s --taking in Jacques Brel, rock and vaudeville. But Harvey's life offstage was beset by tragedy and his own alcoholism: his younger brother, Les, was electrocuted on stage; his manager and friend Billy Fehilly was killed in a plane crash. Eventually with his band in tatters, Alex sank into a sea of alcohol, finally succumbing to a fatal heart attack whilst waiting for a ferry home from a gig in Belgium in 1982, the day before his 47th birthday. "The Sensational Alex Harvey Band were one of the craziest, most honest, most creative and most courageous bands of their time . . . [Harvey] would go to any length to enlighten and to entertain." --NME "Alex was cheeky. Special. Very charismatic. A naughty boy who didn't want to grow up.'" --RICHARD O'BRIEN (Rocky Horror Show) "I would have died to have had Alex Harvey as an uncle." --Robert Smith, The Cure
Author : Neil Munro
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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 38,96 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781849210812
Neil Munro (1863-1930) is well known for his brilliant humorous sketches which celebrate "Para Handy," the wily skipper of the puffer Vital Spark, and his crew. One of the most outstanding journalists of his day, he was also the author of fine historical novels of which "John Splendid" and "The New Road" are most highly acclaimed. Throughout his literary career he also wrote poetry. Not surprisingly, as a young Highlander compelled to move to the city of Glasgow for work, one of the main themes in this genre is exile. With the onset of the Great War in 1914, however, he found his true poetic voice. The devastating loss of his son in France and three visits to the front line as war correspondent galvanised him to write a sequence of sixteen well-crafted poems which he called Bagpipe Ballads. Many of these bring home to us the grim sadness of war and ensure Munro's place with the other notable Scottish war poets of the period. Bob Preston is to be congratulated for bringing together for the first time all of Neil Munro's known verses, for assembling them in chronological order of publication and for providing extensive notes which include the publishing history of each poem.
Author : Neil Munro
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,94 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
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ISBN : 9781018875453
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Neil Munro
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 2015-07-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0857907115
Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News in 1905. The master mariner and his crew - Dougie the mate, Macphail the engineer, Sunny Jim and the Tar - all play their part in evoking the irresistible atmosphere of a bygone age when puffers sailed between West Highland ports and the great city of Glasgow. This definitive edition contains all three collections published in the author's lifetime, as well as those that were unpublished and a new story which was discovered in 2001. Extensive notes accompany each story, providing fascinating insights into colloquialisms, place-names and historical events. This volume also includes a wealth of contemporary photographs, depicting the harbours, steamers and puffers from the age of the Vital Spark.
