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Donald Gillies
The Rev. Donald John Gillies was born on St Kilda in 1901. He left in 1924 and subsequently moved to Nova Scotia. In his later years he travelled widely and maintained close contacts with the surviving inhabitants of St Kilda. In August 1980 he returned to St Kilda for the rededication of the recently restored church on the 50th anniversary of the evacuation of the island and preached the sermon in the service to celebrate that occasion. He died in Vancouver in 1994.
Truth About St Kilda, The
ISBN: 9781906566074
Category: History, Autobiography
Author: Donald Gillies
Publication Date: November 2009
Format: Paperback
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock
'If you like strong opinions, this is the book for you,' - Ronnie Black, The Scotsman
A unique record of the isolated way of life on St Kilda in the early part of the twentieth century, based on seven handwritten notebooks written by the Rev. Donald Gillies, containing reminiscences of his childhood on the island of Hirta. It provides a first-hand account of the living conditions, social structure and economy of the community in the early 1900s, before the evacuation of the remaining residents in 1930.
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