The Complete Scottish Sketches of R.B. Cunninghame Graham

Presents and sets in context all of Cunninghame Graham's Scottish works, transcribed from their original sources R. B. Cunninghame Graham was a hugely influential figure in late 19th- and early 20th-century Scottish politics and literature. For the first time, his entire Scottish oeuvre has been compiled chronologically, from their original sources, into one volume, and set in their historical, cultural and social contexts. This volume highlights Graham's writings on landscape, climate, history, local traditions, mythology, Scots dialect and social diversity - but also pays rare attention to his writings about Scots abroad. Almost every location of Graham's sketches has been visited and investigated, and the editors - one of whom has intimate connections to his family history - have sought out individuals with local knowledge and insights, lending depth and substance to his descriptions, and to their commentaries. The book also explores the works themselves, and traces Graham's development as a much-admired literary artist and social documentarist whose atmospheric evocations of Scottish landscape and character are unique within Scottish literature. Lachlan Munro is an independent scholar and freelance historian. W. R. B. (Robin) Cunninghame is the great-great-nephew of R. B. Cunninghame Graham and holds the Barony of Gartmore as head of the Cunninghame Graham family. He is a Fellow of The Society of Antiquaries (Scotland).