The Vatersay Raiders
Ben Buxton
The Vatersay Raiders
Ben Buxton
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Omschrijving
All they wanted was land: land for crofting and land on which to build a house. In 1908, ten desperate men were imprisoned for refusing to leave the island of Vatersay which they had raided. This book, the first about Vatersay, draws on detailed records to tell the remarkable story of the raiders and their struggles against poverty.
Ben Buxton first explored the Barra Isles in the 1970s. Later, while studying for a degree in archaeology, he investigated the archaeology and history of Mingulay. In 1995 Mingulay: An Island and its People was published by Birlinn. This was joint winner of the Michaelis-Jena Ratcliffe Prize for Folklife in 1997. He now lives in Dorset, where he teaches adult education classes in archaeology.