A Croft in the Hills

Katharine Stewart

Mercat Press, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 159 pages

'A Croft in the Hills' captures life on a hill croft 50 years ago. A couple and their young daughter, fresh from life in the town, struggle to get the work done and make ends meet in an environment that is, at times, hard and unforgiving.

About the author

Katharine Stewart lived on a croft with her husband and daughter for many years. Her experiences during this period of her life were recounted in A Croft in the Hills. She has since helped to set up a crofting museum next to her home near Loch Ness. Among her other books are A Garden in the Hills, describing the life of her garden during the course of a year, and A School in the Hills, about the schoolhouse in which she lives and the way in which the children of the Highlands have been educated over the years.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Croft in the Hills
• Author: Katharine Stewart
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Mercat Press, 2005
• ISBN: 1841830852, 9781841830858
• Length: 159 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General; Biography & Autobiography / General; History / Europe / Great Britain / General; Social Science / Women's Studies