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Island of Dreams: A Personal History of a Remarkable Place
by Boothby, Dan
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1509800751
- ISBN 13
- 9781509800759
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About This Item
London England: Picador. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2015. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 1509800751 Hardback Hardcover 9781509800739 Dan Boothby had been drifting for more than twenty years, without the pontoons of family, friends or a steady occupation. He was looking for but never finding the perfect place to land. Finally, unexpectedly, an opportunity presented itself. After a lifelong obsession with Gavin Maxwell's Ring of Bright Water trilogy, Boothby was given the chance to move to Maxwell's former home, a tiny island on the western seaboard of the Highlands of Scotland. 'Island of dreams' is about Boothby's time living there, and about the natural and human history that surrounded him; it's about the people he meets and the stories they tell, and about his engagement with this remote landscape, including the otters that inhabit it. Interspersed with Boothby's own story is a quest to better understand the mysterious Gavin Maxwell -- .
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- Title
- Island of Dreams: A Personal History of a Remarkable Place
- Author
- Boothby, Dan
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine/Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1509800751
- ISBN 13
- 9781509800759
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London England
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- 9781509800739
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