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"Walking with James Hogg is a joy... a fascinating look at an extraordinary life... well indexed with a glossary for the understanding of baffling Scottish words, a list of walks 'with James Hogg' and an extensive bibliography... a most worthwhile read and one that may have you too longing to wander the glaciated, wild landscapes of the Scottish Highlands and beyond. -- ""The Guardian (New Zealand)"" This highly-original short book combines aspects of guidebook, scholarship, and hiking-journal... helpful short essays on such topics as the Statistical Account of Etterick Forest or kelpies (and the taniwha of New Zealand) or class or sublimity and biodiversity or the Clearances... Gilkison's self-deprecating curiosity succeeds remarkably well in channelling the well-attested charm of his great-great-grandfather, and in linking this benign 'ancestor-worship' to his own twenty-first century appreciation for landscape and concern with ecology. -- ""Studies in Scottish Literature, 42:1"""

Gilkison's self-deprecating curiosity succeeds remarkably well in channelling the well-attested charm of his great-great-grandfather, and in linking this benign ancestor-worship to his own twenty-first century appreciation for landscape and concern with ecology. -- Studies in Scottish Literature, 42:1

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Bruce Gilkison is a writer and a consultant in sustainable business issues. He is a New Zealander with a recent and growing love for Scotland. He has lived and worked in the Pacific, East Africa, North America and Europe, and is a keen traveller, hiker and climber. He has a passion for social and environmental issues and has been published frequently on these topics, with two articles short-listed for British Commonwealth Media Awards for Journalism. He has a strong empathy with other cultures and a fascination for the wild and wonderful.

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