Native : life in a vanishing landscape
Laurie, Patrick2021
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Desperate to connect with his native Galloway, Patrick Laurie plunges into work on his family farm in the hills of southwest Scotland. Investing in the oldest and most traditional breeds of Galloway cattle, he begins to discover how cows once shaped people, places and nature in this remote and half-hidden place. This traditional breed requires different methods of care from modern farming on an industrial, totally unnatural scale. As the cattle begin to dictate the pattern of his life, Patrick stumbles upon the passing of an ancient rural heritage. Always one of the most isolated and insular parts of the country, as the twentieth century progressed, the people of Galloway deserted the land and the moors have been transformed into commercial forest in the last thirty years.
Main title:
Native : life in a vanishing landscape / Patrick Laurie.
Author:
Laurie, Patrick, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2021.
Collation:
246 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781780277073 (pbk)
Dewey class:
630.94147630.9414630.941
LC class:
GN407.4
Local class:
630.941630.94147
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2816111