Discovering Crockett's Galloway (Volume 2) Island and Inland

'Galloway is a wide, wild place where the raw edges of creation have not been rubbed down.' Explore Galloway from your armchair and in the company of 'Scotland's Forgotten Bestseller,' S.R.Crockett. (1859-1914) In the second volume of this series, Cally Phillips takes you on a journey into the Galloway heartlands melding Crockett's fiction and observation with the landscape and history of this beautiful part of Scotland. Using many of his Galloway novels as the inspiration Cally takes you on a journey which encompasses the islands, caves and coast as well as the Galloway 'inland' - especially the Glenkens - with a focus on the places that were important to Crockett throughout his life in fact and fiction. From Hestan/Rathan Island to Duchrae/Drumquhat, this book will give you a new insight into Galloway's places and people.