Set Adrift Upon The World – The Sutherland Clearances

Set Adrift Upon The World – The Sutherland Clearances – Author James Hunter – paperback

Publisher: Birlinn

In this book James Hunter tells the story of the Sutherland Clearances. His researches took him to archives in Scotland, England and Canada, to the now deserted straths of Sutherland and the frozen shores of Hudson Bay. The outcome of his travels and enquiries is a stimulating and moving account which restores identities and voices tot he countless men, women and children whose lives were turned upside down.
572 pages