Jessie's Journey: Autobiography of a Traveller Girl

By Jess Smith

From the ages of 5 to 15, Jess Smith lived with her parents, sisters and a mongrel dog in an old, blue Bedford bus. They travelled the length and breadth of Scotland, and much of England too, stopping here and there until they were moved on by the local authorities or driven by their own instinctive need to travel. By campfires, under the unchanging stars they brewed up tea, telling stories and singing songs late into the night. "Jessie's Journey" describes what it was like to be one of the last of the traditional travelling folk. It is not an idyllic tale, but despite the threat of bigoted abuse and scattered schooling, humour and laughter run throughout a childhood teeming with unforgettable characters and incidents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841587028
• ISBN13: 9781841587028
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Birlinn Publishers
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

scotia

Anyone with the minutest drop of scots blood running through their veins will love this book. It's about a family of travellers roaming scotland in an old bedford bus in the 50s & 60s.One minute you'r laughing the next you'r crying, It is a wonderful book