Rag Boiler's Daughter.
Title:
Rag Boiler's Daughter.
Author:
Shepheard, Lois.
ISBN:
9781921869396
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (156 pages)
Contents:
CONTENTS -- 1 The Rag Boiler -- 2 The Rag Boiler's Daughter -- 3 Hoof Jock -- 4 The Antichrist -- 5 The Legacy of King James I -- 6 First-footing -- 7 Duke Street -- 8 Wet Blankets -- 9 The Little Angel -- 10 Calderbank -- 11 Comin' thr' the rye… -- 12 Making a Man of Him -- 13 Running Oot o' Names -- 14 The Call of the Blue Mountains -- 15 The Heathen Enemy -- 16 1916 -- 17 The Young Man from Australia -- 18 Born in Scotland -- 19 IRA -- 20 The Christina Gollan -- 21 The Bluebells of Scotland -- 22 Vehicles Containing Explosives -- 23 Leap Year -- 24 The Tram Conductor -- 25 460 Squadron -- 26 In New South Wales -- 27 if he have committed sins -- 28 Called to Gentle Jesus.
Abstract:
Winner: IP Picks 2011 Best Creative Non-Fiction. A sweeping account of Irish and Scottish families, The Rag Boiler's Daughter portrays one woman's resolve to provide her children with a brighter future. This story follows Maggie Gilliland from her birth in Denny, Scotland in 1865 and spans the factories of 19th Century Scotland, the Irish War of Independence, two world wars and a family's migration to Australia.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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