St Kilda and the Wider World: Tales of an Iconic Island

by Andrew Fleming

Forty miles out into the Atlantic from the western isles of Scotland lies the archipelago of St Kilda. Home to human populations for more than 4000 years, the islands inhabitants were evacuated from the main island in 1930 leaving it as a haven for wildlife, a tourist destination and workplace for those studying and monitoring the islands ecology and its radar station built in the 1950s. Many of those writing about St Kilda have emphasised the remoteness...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905119003
• ISBN13: 9781905119004
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Windgather Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.7"