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The Life and Letters of Hugh Miller - Volume 1
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Artikel-Nr:
9781108072373
Veröffentl:
2011
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
08.02.2011
Seiten:
452
Autor:
Peter Bayne
Gewicht:
633 g
Format:
216x140x26 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
The story of a nineteenth-century geologist and his attempt to reconcile his passionate commitment to both science and religion.
Book I. The Boy: 1. Birth, parentage, and first impressions; 2. Dame school; 3. The Doocot Cave; 4. First glimpse of the Sutherland Highlands; Book II. The Apprentice: 1. Boyish magazines; 2. Early friendships; 3. Conon-side; 4. Returns to Conon-side; Book III. The Journeyman: 1. Favourable opinions from old David Wright and Uncle James; 2. Gairloch; 3. Comes of age; 4. Niddrie; 5. The stone-cutter's disease; 6. Poems addressed to Ross; 7. Poverty, honourable and dishonourable; 8. Miller at twenty-six; 9. Seeks work in Inverness unsuccessfully; 10. Resumes work as a stone-cutter at Cromarty; 11. Miller and his new friends; 12. Miller's political views; 13. Miss Fraser; 14. New outlook in life; 15. Letters to Miss Dunbar of Boath; 16. Two letters on religion; 17. Miscellaneous letters.