Help please! We are trying to find a bookseller or distributor in Australia who could order books by George Mackay Brown. So far my mother has been unable to locate a bookseller who even has a computer listing for the books. If anyone could post the publishing details or a retailer in the UK we could use, we would appreciate it. By the way George, my mother is currently researching her Mowat ancestors! Thanks, Jacquie Cox <jacqgreg@tpgi.com.au> ---------- > From: George Mowat-Brown <geomowat@zetnet.co.uk> > To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ORKNEY-L] Orkney author > Date: Tuesday, 16 February 1999 11:51 > > Karen writes: > > >Since many of us are looking for something to flesh out the bare > >genealogical bones of our Orkney heritage, I should like to recommend the > >books by George Mackay Brown. . . . He has written > >several books of short stories and his novel, 'Beside the Ocean of Time' > . . . Definitely worth a look for a better > >insight into the Orkneys. > > > I could not agree more, in addition to the novel she cites, might I also > recommend an early volume (1969) 'An Orkney Tapestry'. As many of you will > know, he was a regular contributor to the local newspaper, 'The Orcadian', > with even a posthumous poem of his launching 1999 on the front page. I do > wonder how many editors in how many places (certainly few in the U.K.) > would risk their readship being cultured enough to appreciate such an > offering on the front page? > > His writings extend from the distant to the more recent past. He has also > been the most fruitful source of texts for Orkney's foremost resident > composer, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. > > > George > > > > > 'Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds' > > Albert Einstein > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ > > Dr. George Mowat-Brown, Tel & Fax.: +44 (0)181 580 8430 > High Point, > 13 Borough Road, e-mail: geomowat@zetnet.co.uk > Isleworth, > Middlesex, > TW7 5DY, > UK. > > $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ >