Voices from the past : Stories of North Roe
Inkster Vance, Karen
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Peter Inkster emigrated to Western Canada as a young man, returning to his native Shetland Islands just once, in 1948. During that journey, he kept a diary of his post-war observations and childhood memories. Peter's stories offer a poignant, often humorous glimpse into humble village life at the end of the nineteenth century.Generations later, his great-granddaughter, Karen Inkster Vance, stood at a ship's rail as it sailed into Lerwick, eager to retrace Peter's footsteps. She initially set out to uncover her own family's Shetland past but, in the decades since, her quest has culminated in this Revised and expanded edition of "Voices From The Past".Both a homecoming memoir and a compelling local history, "Voices From The Past" tells the true stories of ordinary people from a remote Norse Scottish fishing village, This book will leave you with a deep appreciation for the crofters, knitters, fishermen and merchant seamen of North Roe who struggled - and survived - along the edge of the sea.
Main title:
Voices from the past : Stories of North Roe / Karen Inkster Vance
Author:
Edition:
2nd.
Imprint:
Surrey, BC Canada Family Story Studio, 2023.
Collation:
491 pages, ills.; 24 cm
Notes:
Revised and expanded edition of Voices From the Past (2006)Second edition profiles more individuals, includes more female voices, and as been doubled in legth. Each chapeter has been rewritten and expanded, and three new chapters have been added: Whaling and Sailing, Away to War and Those Who Went Away". It stetches further back in time to the early 1700s and reaches forward through WWII.Includes bibliographies at the end of each chapter.
ISBN:
9781738948116 (hardback)
Dewey class:
920920INK
Language:
English
Subject:
Inkster, Peter Russell, 1879-1958 -- DiariesScots -- Scotland -- Shetland -- DiariesShetland (Scotland) -- GenealogyShetland (Scotland) -- History -- 18th centuryShetland (Scotland) -- Social life and customs -- 18th centuryShetland (Scotland) -- History -- 19th centuryShetland (Scotland) -- Social life and customs -- 19th centuryShetlland (Scotland) -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryShetland (Scotland) -- History -- 20th century
Index terms:
North Roe (Shetland)
BRN:
3908010
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