Island Of Dreams : A Personal History of a Remarkable Place

Picador, UK, 2015. Reprint. Hardcover. New/New. Hardcover. 296 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Picador, UK, 2015. Reprint. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in new condition and comes in new dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Dan Boothby had been drifting for more than twenty years, without the pontoons of family, friends or a steady occupation. He was looking for but never finding the perfect place to land. Finally, unexpectedly, an opportunity presented itself. After a lifelong obsession with Gavin Maxwell's Ring of Bright Water trilogy, Boothby was given the chance to move to Maxwell's former home, a tiny island on the western seaboard of the Highlands of Scotland. Island of Dreams is about Boothby's time living there, and about the natural and human history that surrounded him; it's about the people he meets and the stories they tell, and about his engagement with this remote landscape, including the otters that inhabit it. Interspersed with Boothby's own story is a quest to better understand the mysterious Gavin Maxwell. *** Quantity Available: 3. Category: Travel & Places; ISBN/EAN: 9781509800759. Inventory No: 20050195.. 9781509800759