The year of the stranger by Allan Campbell McLean - 1972

Walck, 1972. Dustjacket is complete but a little rubbed to edges. Internally very clean. A novel about the stranger who brings prosperity to the Hebridean island of Skye in the 1870s.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

New York: Henry Z. Walck, 1971. 192 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). "When the hated factor caught Mata the tinker at the salmon poaching he planned a terrible punishment for him. And it was on the night of Mata's ordeal in the midst of a fearful thunderstorm that Calum Og discovered how the mysterious Cave of Gold had been given its name. But the thunderstorm was the start of a blight upon the little crofting township - week after week of rain and mist, the crops failing for want of sun. And then the Stranger arrived, bringing with him sunshine and fresh hope. On the same day the factor fell from his horse, and lay unconscious, unable to prevent the Stranger from leading the boys in the building of a great fish-trap. But when the herring shoals came up the loch, and the trap was filled with fish, the men turned against the Stranger and drove him from the township; and the seemingly endless sunshine turned to torrential rain. And still the Cave remained a mystery to Calum Og until the night of… Read More

NY: Henry Z. Walck, 1971. First Edition, First Printing;n dj w/price clipped, in mylar; 192 clean, unmarked pages.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Garth Floyd Dust Jacket. 8 Vo.

New York: Walck, 1971. Hardcover. NF./NF. Priceclippe. 8x5x1. Young Adult novel of a boyhood in 19th century Skye, in Scotland. Clothbound.

NY:: Henry Z. Walck,. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. 0809831082 . First American edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Near fine in a near fine (upper corner of front flap is clipped) dust jacket. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.