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Highways & Byways
Highways and Byways in the West Highlands
In the 1930s Seton Gordon traveled the Outer and Inner Hebrides, the Western Mainland and the Highlands of Scotland. 'A traveler's delight, and a joy to read today'. Evening News
428 pages, Hardcover
First published May 1, 1995
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About the author
Seton Gordon
34 books1 followerSeton Gordon (1886–1977) was a Scottish naturalist, photographer and folklorist.
Gordon began exploring the Highlands of Scotland as a boy, particularly the Cairngorms. He later became a world-famous naturalist, photographer and folklorist, describing the wildlife and scenery of Scotland.
Born in Aberdeen, he lived on Deeside and was educated privately and at Oxford. Given cameras as a young man, his books were illustrated with photographs taken by himself and his first wife, Audrey Gordon, for many years his companion and helper in the field.
He accompanied the Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1921 and took many photographs there, but the birds of the Scottish mountains and glens were always his real passion. From his homes in Aviemore and later the Isle of Skye, he made regular forays into the wilds.
Gordon began exploring the Highlands of Scotland as a boy, particularly the Cairngorms. He later became a world-famous naturalist, photographer and folklorist, describing the wildlife and scenery of Scotland.
Born in Aberdeen, he lived on Deeside and was educated privately and at Oxford. Given cameras as a young man, his books were illustrated with photographs taken by himself and his first wife, Audrey Gordon, for many years his companion and helper in the field.
He accompanied the Oxford University Expedition to Spitsbergen in 1921 and took many photographs there, but the birds of the Scottish mountains and glens were always his real passion. From his homes in Aviemore and later the Isle of Skye, he made regular forays into the wilds.
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