Publication date 14 June 2008

218 pages
205 colour and black/white illustrations

Paperback
(ISBN 978-0-9553183-0-6) £14.95

Contents

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The Kirkcudbrightshire Companion - Haig Gordon

An entertaining and useful companion which provides essential information about the county’s places, people and history. Places are described in alphabetical order for easy reference followed by a section on themes and personalities.

Contains over 200 colour illustrations and a comprehensive index.

The Kirkcudbrightshire Companion takes the reader on a tour of this fascinating part of South West Scotland then provides an outline of the history and an account of some of the 'themes and personalities' that make the area unique.

The book brings together all the essential facts about the county’s character, history and notable personalities.

It will delight not only residents who want to know more about where they live but also visitors keen to understand what it is that makes Scotland’s only surviving ‘stewartry’ so special.

All the towns and villages are arranged alphabetically with an outline of how they have evolved over the years and information about places of interest. Further background comes in a series of essays on major topics ranging from why the landscape looks the way it does to how the locals speak the way they do.

The book is packed with human interest. Profiles of the famous include John Paul Jones, James Clerk Maxwell and David Coulthard. Read what poets and novelists have written about the area and what celebrity visitors have made of it. Curious to know how Robert Burns reacted to a Kirkcudbrightshire hangover? It’s all here.

see also The Wigtownshire Companion by Haig Gordon