James Shaw Grant

James Shaw Grant

James Shaw Grant (22 May 1910 - 28 July 1999) was a writer and journalist from the Isle of Lewis. He became editor of the Stornoway Gazette in 1932 following on from his father. In 1956 he broadcast "A Gaelic capital" on BBC Scotland, an audio tour of Stornoway. He wrote a number of books about crofting communities, such as the comic novel "The Enchanted Island".

Books

*"Highland Villages", 1977, Hale, ISBN 0709158866
*"The Gaelic Vikings", 1984, James Thin, ISBN 0950837121
*"Discovering Lewis & Harris", 1987, John Donald, ISBN 0859761851
*"The Enchanted Island", 1989, J. S. Grant, ISBN 0950837148
*"A Shilling for Your Scowl: The History of a Scottish Legal Mafia", 1991, Acair, ISBN 0861528980
*"Morrison of the Bounty: A Scotsman - Famous But Unknown", 1997, Acair, ISBN 0861521978

External links

* [http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/fellowship/obits/obits_alpha/grant_james.pdf Biography ] from the Royal Society of Edinburgh


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