Columbia's Island: Iona from Past to Present

By E. Mairi MacArthur and Professor E. Mairi MacArthur

Book Overview

The usual history of Iona tells of the monks and missionaries and ministers. This work, however, tells of the quieter, more personal tale of everyday life on a remarkable Hebridean island. Mairi MacArthur brings to the forefront of history the overlooked people and landscape of Iona. She describes how, through the dramas of history, from before the catalystic arrival of St Columba, to the even more dramatic arrival of hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, the crofters and fishermen of Iona have continued their working lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748607374
• ISBN13: 9780748607372
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"