{"product_id":"folk-tales-of-the-scottish-clayton-mackenzie-9798329040777","title":"Folk Tales of the Scottish Highlands: Volume 2 - Of Lost Shoes, Lost Senses, and Lost Loves","description":"For a thousand years and more, the tough beauty of the Scottish Highlands has dared storytellers to fashion the heroes and sagas fit for such a place. In the stories that follow, marvelous warriors battle ancient monsters; angry giants quake the earth with their stride; love and longing curl tenuously around tragedy; and desperate ingenuity untangles the tightest of Gordian knots. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis second volume of Scottish Highland folk tales, adapted, edited, and introduced by Prof Clayton MacKenzie from J F Campbell's \u003ci\u003ePopular Tales of the West Highlands\u003c\/i\u003e (1860-62), offers further jewels of oral narrative. It presents a remarkable, accessible, and sometimes humorous record of the grand imaginings of ordinary people who lived hundreds of years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eProf Clayton MacKenzie \u003c\/b\u003eholds a PhD in Literature from Glasgow University. He has led major academic units at universities in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, and the Middle East. His more than 80 publications have appeared in presses and journals of international reputation. Prof MacKenzie is married with 4 grown-up children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clayton MacKenzie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798329040777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.33d","brand":"Clayton MacKenzie","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46907261518079,"sku":"9798329040777","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7b5a6d5-b8be-40cf-ae80-df19633903c2.jpg?v=1748772803","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/folk-tales-of-the-scottish-clayton-mackenzie-9798329040777","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}