The Coming of the Unicorn by Williamson, Duncan
The Coming of the Unicorn by Williamson, Duncan

The Coming of the Unicorn

'Stories are something you carry with you, something to last your entire life, to be passed on...
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Author: Duncan Williamson
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Language: English
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The Coming of the Unicorn by Williamson, Duncan

The Coming of the Unicorn

CHF 21.29
The Coming of the Unicorn by Williamson, Duncan

The Coming of the Unicorn

CHF 21.29
Author: Duncan Williamson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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'Stories are something you carry with you, something to last your entire life, to be passed on to your children, and their children for evermore.'
Duncan Williamson

Duncan Williamson came from a family of Traveling People, who told stories around the campfire for entertainment and for teaching. As a child, Duncan learnt the ways of the world through stories: 'My father's knowledge told us how to live in this world as natural human beings -- not to be greedy, not to be foolish, not to be daft or selfish -- by stories.'

In this collection, he passes on some of these wonderful children's folk and fairy tales. For over sixty years Duncan traveled around Scotland -- on foot, then in a horse and cart, and later an old van -- collecting tales, which not only come from the Traveling People but from the crofters, farmers and shepherds he met along the way.

This collection includes tales about cunning foxes and storytelling cats, hunchbacked ogres and beautiful unicorns, helpful broonies and mysterious fairies, rich kings and fearsome warriors, as well as those about ordinary folk trying to make their way in the world. The stories have been written down as faithfully as possible to Duncan's unique storytelling voice, full of color, humor and life.



Author: Duncan Williamson
Publisher: Kelpies
Published: 05/15/2012
Pages: 140
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780863158681
Audience: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2012
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2012

About the Author
Duncan Williamson was born in 1928 on the shores of Loch Fyne. He was the seventh of sixteen children born to a family of Travellers, who set up camp in the same place every winter and wandered the Highlands during the summer, hawking their tin and natural willow wares. Duncan left home at the age of fifteen and spent the next forty years travelling, continuing the traditional trades of his people. In 1980 he moved into a farm cottage in Fife with his second wife, Linda, who transcribed some of his vast repertoire of songs, stories and family history. Duncan died in 2007, leaving behind a worldwide legacy. His reputation was extraordinary and the impact of his storytelling continues in literary editions of his work, published by Canongate, Cambridge University Press, Penguin, Mondadori, and more recently Birlinn, Luath Press and Floris Books. Linda Williamson was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1949. She has a PhD from Edinburgh University, and is an American folklorist, storyteller and editor. She has three children and five grandchildren -- on both sides of the Atlantic.
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