James Shaw Grant
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James Shaw Grant (22 May 1910 – 28 July 1999) was a writer and journalist from the Isle of Lewis.[1]
He became editor of the Stornoway Gazette in 1932 following on from his father.[2]
In 1956 he broadcast A Gaelic capital on BBC Scotland, an audio tour of Stornoway. He wrote a number of books about crofting communities, such as the comic novel The Enchanted Island.
Books
- Highland Villages, 1977, Hale, ISBN 0-7091-5886-6
- The Hub of my Universe, 1982, James Thin, ISBN 0-9508371-0-5
- The Gaelic Vikings, 1984, James Thin, ISBN 0-9508371-2-1
- Discovering Lewis & Harris, 1987, John Donald, ISBN 0-85976-185-1
- The Enchanted Island, 1989, J. S. Grant, ISBN 0-9508371-4-8
- A Shilling for Your Scowl: The History of a Scottish Legal Mafia, 1991, Acair, ISBN 0-86152-898-0
- Morrison of the Bounty: A Scotsman - Famous But Unknown, 1997, Acair, ISBN 0-86152-197-8
References
External links
- Biography from the Royal Society of Edinburgh
