W.M. Ballantine was Information Officer at St. Andrews House in Edinburgh. In this book he brings together 37 of Scotland's leading writers to record key aspects of Scottish life in the period 1939 to 1945 to inform post-war reconstruction. Contributors include J. W. Herries on the Borders, Neil Gunn on the Highlands, J. J. McCall on shipbuilding, Agnes W. Smith on scotswomen at war, Cuthbert Graham on fishing, Andrew Davidson on health, H. Forsyth Hardy on planning, William Power on Hillington, Alasdair M. Dunnet on hydro-power, Frank Fraser Darling on crofting, Joe Corrie on theatre for the people, Stanley Cursiter on movements in art, Erik Chisholm on folk music, and Norman Wilson on documentary film.
W.M. Ballantine was Information Officer at St. Andrews House in Edinburgh. In this book he brings together 37 of Scotland's leading writers to record key aspects of Scottish life in the period 1939 to 1945 to inform post-war reconstruction. Contributors include J. W. Herries on the Borders, Neil Gunn on the Highlands, J. J. McCall on shipbuilding, Agnes W. Smith on scotswomen at war, Cuthbert Graham on fishing, Andrew Davidson on health, H. Forsyth Hardy on planning, William Power on Hillington, Alasdair M. Dunnet on hydro-power, Frank Fraser Darling on crofting, Joe Corrie on theatre for the people, Stanley Cursiter on movements in art, Erik Chisholm on folk music, and Norman Wilson on documentary film.