A brand new book, compiled and edited by T.A. McKay, Grand-nephew to Oscar
Dhu
Over 400 pages, with poetry, biographies of the poets, maps, photos, and index
of names
$45.00 ($63 Canadian), price lowered in Sept. 2005
Blurb from the sales flyer:
"Oscar Dhu, that is Angus B. MacKay (1864-1923), and his friend Finlay
McRitchie (1841-1923) were the two best-known poets of the Scottish community of
Lingwick in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. they celebrated the lives, the
events, the marriages, the deaths, and the politics of their fellow Scotsmen in
their Compton County communities. These two bards also elevated the local pranks
by treating them with humor and by celebrating them in rhyme. They lifted up the
farming folk by giving them stature in their verses. Our Scottish past and our
Scottish culture is a treasure worth passing on to our children and
grandchildren. Oscar left Lingwick in late 1898 and spent the following years in
Seattle. And this book is meant as a memorial to the Lingwick sojourn of our
Scots ancestors.
This totally new volume contains:
20 poems of Oscar Dhu -- as yet unprinted in book form
7 Poems of Finlay McRitchie, including one in Gaelic with translation
Photos of Oscar and of Finlay -- Numerous other photos and prints
Map of the Compton County Scots country
Identification of numerous early Scots who are mentioned
Countless footnotes and annotations, and map.
Index of names
Chapters on the life and writings of Oscar Dhu, drawing on much of his prose
Chapter on Finlay MacRitchie
Some poetry of early kin to Oscar Dhu.
Reflections on the role of poetry in the community
Poetry & chapter on the community of later Lingwick."
Available only from its author:
T. A. McKay
615 South Barton
Arlington, VA 22204
ta.mckay@verizon.net
Send only check or money order:
$55.00 ($80 Canadian) per copy
+$4.00 book-rate shipping (for any number of books)
(The fixed shipping charge provides a bargain to multi-volume orders!)
Another essential book available from the author:
Donald Morrison, the Canadian
Outlaw: a Tale of Scottish Pioneers, by
Oscar Dhu (Angus B. MacKay), The Enhanced Centennial Edition, a reprint of the
above, edited by T.A. McKay, 1993, 137 pp. (Original publication in Sherbrooke,
1892), 135 p.
Plastic-bound: $18.00 (or $23.00 Canadian) (price lowered Sept. 2005)
Hardbound: $28.00 (or $35.00 Canadian) (price lowered Sept. 2005)
The Register of McKays, Descendants of
Norman McKay from Mealista on the Isle of Lewis,
compiled by T.A. McKay, 1993, 193 pp.
Plastic-bound: $45.00 (or $60.00 Canadian)
Hardbound: $60.00 (or $70.00 Canadian)
(I reap no financial rewards from any of these sales, but I
highly recommend each of them for their intrinsic interest and for the thorough
scholarship that produced them. The prices are reasonable given the limited
number of copies Mr. McKay could print. pm)
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