{"product_id":"wild-geese","title":"Wild Geese","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the 1930s, the writer and poet, Nan Shepherd was one of North-East Scotland's best known literati. Three novels, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Quarry Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Weatherhouse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Pass in the Grampians\u003c\/i\u003e and a volume of poetry, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the Cairngorms\u003c\/i\u003e, published between 1928 and 1934 while she was still only in her thirties, established her reputation as one of the most highly respected members of the Scottish modernist movement.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCurrently best known for her masterpiece of mountain literature \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/the-living-mountain-a-celebration-of-the-cairngorm-mountains-of-scotland?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=3aea0c982\u0026amp;_ss=r\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Living Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e (first published in 1977), Nan Shepherd, who died in 1981, has been in the news recently (her image now graces the new Scottish £5 note). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Living Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e has become a classic and sells in its thousands. It will come as a very pleasant surprise to Nan Shepherds growing following that there is a body of her work which has never been published in book form, and indeed will be entirely unknown outside a very small circle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe editor of this volume, Charlotte Peacock, found many of these gems when researching for the Nan Shepherd biography \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInto the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, published by Galileo in 2017. The pieces that Peacock found include a brilliant and moving 10,000 word short story, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDescent from the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; a series of 'field writings' which were written at the same time, and in the same style as, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Living Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e; 15 poems, never seen before; a highly entertaining piece on the poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid and, from where the title of this collection arises, a haunting description of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWild Geese in Glen Callater\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e a version of which also went into \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Living Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nan Shepherd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43620218142977,"sku":"9781912916108","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-808.png?v=1711553677","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/wild-geese","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}