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Shetland : a love story / photographs by Mark Sinclair ; letters edited by Kay Wheatcroft.

Title
Shetland : a love story / photographs by Mark Sinclair ; letters edited by Kay Wheatcroft.
Author
Jamieson, Robert, 1827-1899
Publication
Lerwick : Shetland Times, 2014.

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  • Laing, Barbara, 1838-1923
  • Sinclair, Mark, 1974-
  • Wheatcroft, Kay
  • Shetland Times Ltd.
Description
108 pages : illustrations; 23 x 31 cm
Summary
The Shetland courtship of Robert Jamieson and Barbara Laing took place almost entirely by letter from 1858 to their marriage in 1861. He was the schoolmaster at Sandness and she was the daughter of the schoolmaster at Gulberwick thirty miles away, too far to travel on a whim. Their 19th century lives were simple but hard, regulated by the landscape, the weather and the seasons, all of which are reflected in the beautiful 21st century photographs by Mark Sinclair. Their touching letters tell the story of their lives, their work as teachers and farmers, his duties as postmaster and village scribe, their leisure and entertainment, local customs and events.--from Introduction.
Subject
  • Jamieson, Robert, 1827-1899 > Correspondence
  • Laing, Barbara, 1838-1923 > Correspondence
  • Teachers > Shetland > Correspondence
  • Love-letters > Shetland
  • Shetland (Scotland) > Social life and customs > 19th century > Sources
  • Shetland (Scotland) > Social conditions > 19th century > Sources
Note
  • First published: 2010.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
  • 9781904746904
  • 190474690X
OCLC
893154189
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library