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Glasgow: The Autobiography
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Glasgow Speaks for Itself
Alan Taylor's curated history of Glasgow in its own words
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About the Ebook
Glasgow: The Autobiography tells the story of the fabled, former Second City of the British Empire from its origins as a bucolic village on the rivers Kelvin and Clyde, through the tumult of the Industrial Revolution to the third millennium.
Including extracts from an astonishing array of contributors from Daniel Defoe, Dorothy Wordsworth and Dr Johnson to Evelyn Waugh and Dirk Bogarde, it also features the writing of bred-in-thebone Glaswegians such as Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, James Kelman and 2020 Booker prize-winner Douglas Stuart.
The result is a varied and vivid portrait of one of the world's great cities in all its grime and glory – a place which is at once infuriating, inspiring, raucous, humourful and never, ever dull.
Why You'll Love This Ebook
- Discover Glasgow through the voices of those who lived and shaped it
- Read a rich tapestry of letters, diaries, and first-hand accounts
- Experience the dear green place through centuries of changing perspectives
- Read another celebrated title from Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher
Reviews
'Alan Taylor deserves praise for his nous and nose …and has given it laldy' The TLS
'[Alan Taylor] lays bare the city's glorious contradictions. Glasgow: The Autobiography is his gift to us' The National
'If you know and love Glasgow, you'll love it. If you don't, you'll love it. It's a fine treasure-house – and even Glaswegians may learn something new from it' Scotsman
About the Author
Alan Taylor has been a journalist for over 30 years. He was deputy and managing editor at the Scotsman, and for the last 15 years has been Writer-at-Large for the Sunday Herald. He has contributed to numerous publications, including The TLS, The New Yorker and The Melbourne Age, and edited three acclaimed anthologies - The Assassin's Cloak (2000), The Secret Annexe (2004) and The Country Dairies (2009).
Publication Details
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Publication Date: 01 September 2016
Print Length: 320 pages (Ebook edition)
ISBN (Ebook): 9780857909183
Format: Ebook
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