| John Stuart Blackie Part One Contributor(s): Stoddart, Anna M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1417929316 ISBN-13: 9781417929313 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2004 Annotation: 1895. Part One of Two. The biography of Blackie who was one of one of the best-known Scotsmen of his time. Blackie was a Radical and Scottish nationalist in politics, but of a fearlessly independent type; he was one of the characters of the Edinburgh of the day, and was a well-known figure as he went about in his plaid, worn shepherd-wise, wearing a broad brimmed hat, and carrying a big stick. Contents of Volume One: Parentage and Childhood; At School and College; Student Life in Gottingen; Student Life in Berlin; Rome; End of Wanderjahre; Years of Struggle; The Test Acts; Installation and Marriage; Aberdeen and University Reform; Aeschylus and the Greek Chair; Edinburgh; and Lays, Lectures, and Lyrics. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Literary Collections | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Religious |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6" W x 9" (1.12 lbs) 348 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |