TITTENSOR, Ruth.: From Peat Bog to Conifer Forest. An Oral History of Whitelee, Its Community and Landscape. , Chichester: Packard Publishing, 2009.

1st. Edn. Square format. (23cm. tall x 23cm.). pp. ix, 237. With a wealth of full page and in text illustrations, mainly in colour, from photographs. Maps and tables. With a Foreword by Professor Christopher Smout. This significant new title originated in an oral history survey by the author, a local ecologist. The recordings reveal how life and work changed for the many hill farming families of this part of upland Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire with the advent of afforestation post-war. Analysis is made of forestry practices, good and bad. The text is a subtle warp of oral transcripts with a weft of sensitive scientific detachment. Multiple copies available. (Book ref. 4642)  £27.50

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