Bøger af John P McWilliams

An illustrated poetic memoir about boyhood in Scotland, the Atlantic Crossing and First Impressions in the new adopted land. An immigrant's story.

This Book: This book contains thirty-five selected tales about various aspects of Scottish culture retold by the author, The Story-Teller. They are divided into twelve main categories such as: Seal People Tales, Step-Mother Tales, Bewitched Lover Tales, Giant Tales, Faerie Tales, Exiles of the Faeries Tales, Tales of Changelings, The Devil Amongst Us, Tales of Strange Beasties, Tales of Spinner Women, Some Other Tales. and finally Second Sight. This is for ease in organization. At least one, and in most cases two or more tales for each of the twelve categories, mentioned above, are included here The tales themselves cover a variety of topics as pointed out above. The narrative is written in American English for the purposes of better comprehension. However, the dialogue is presented in a modified form of the Edinburgh dialect of Lowland Scots, in order to provide some uniformity, since these tales come from various places in Scotland (with their own unique dialects), and from various time periods in the past. However, for ease of understanding the dialogue, three things are done here. First, commonly-used terminology is generally defined in the Preface and these terms are not translated in the dialogue text because most can be surmised by the reader from the accompanying context. Secondly, the dialogue (in Lowland Scots) has been amended to translate certain unfamiliar terminology. These are shown parenthetically within the affected dialogue. Thirdly, a very extensive Scots Glossary is presented at the rear of the book for the reader's reference. These tales are delightful!

This is a book containing poems that are illustrated with photographs, sketches and cartoons, mostly by the author. The many different topics included here are: Imagined Love Songs (dedicated to my Mum and Dad, who were separated between 1955-56, while he searched for a new beginning in America, from Scotland), Other Love Songs (some in foreign languages but with American English translations alongside), Hard Times (we each have them), Life (its ups and downs), Animal Friends (no explanation needed), Beloved New Mexico (The Land of Enchantment), Slaying Dragons (defeating health issues), and Other Musings (Geronimo, Billy the Kid, Casino Slavery, Dark and Deadly Woman (female vampires), Lozen, Battle of Franklin (a bloody Civil War battle in western Tennessee), Music, The Osprey, They Came to America and others. The book contains something for everybody: life, its challenges and its joys...its good times and its bad times. Some poems rhyme, some do not. A few poems (5) are written in Spanish, French or Scottish Gaelic, with American English translations alongside. Others are written in a modified (to make them more accessible) Lowland Scots dialect, but again with American English translations alongside. A glossary in the rear of the book is also provided. Most poems however are written in American English and should therefore be very understandable. This book follows Days of Innocence in style and format. All publications are available at www.amazon.com.

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