Imprint:
Aberdeenshire : Mike Shepherd, 2023.
Collation:
195 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Introduction / Louise Fyfe - - Adam Drummond and the village of Port Erroll / Mike Shepherd - - A time line of events in Port Erroll between 1891 and 1895 / Mike Shepherd - - Adam Drummond's stories and essays - - How the message came - - Why Pegsie's blind was not drawn - - Hoddie's grievance - - A case of conscience - - Stumpie's proposal - - The wreckof the pearl - - A lady bountiful - - "Duthie" - - His lordship - - Her ladyship - - A solider's daughter - - Bram Stoker and the fishermen of Port Erroll / Mike Shepherd - - What happened after 1895 / Mike Shepherd - - References.
Summary:
In Louise Fyfe’s attic lay a box marked DRACULA. After reading how Bram Stoker started writing the book in Cruden Bay, Scotland, she opened it... What a surprise lay inside – a long-forgotten collection of short stories written by her great-grandfather Adam Drummond, church minister in Cruden Bay when Bram Stoker was there. Superbly crafted, Drummond’s stories give an intimate account of the fisher folk living in an Aberdeenshire village in the 1890s. These men and women speak about their lives, the great dangers they face at sea, and how everyone looks out for each other with an incredible human closeness. Emerging from these tales is the picture of a place, a time, and a community: the Cruden Bay Bram Stoker knew.
ISBN:
9798386682927 (pbk)
Bookmark Link:
https://aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/KIDS/BIBENQ?BRN=3474253
