Papa's Sketches: The Travels of Robert Macalister, Gentleman, in Paisley, Glasgow, and Largs

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Marion Palmann

Papa's Sketches

The Travels of Robert Macalister, Gentleman, in Paisley, Glasgow, and Largs

Marion Palmann

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The Choir Press
27 April 2020

Diaries, letters & journals; Memoirs; Classic travel writing

In 1851, Robert Macalister, a Scottish gentleman living in Ireland, took a journey back to his native homeland with the intention of reacquainting himself with old friends, family, villages, and sights. By steamboat, train, and omnibus he made his way through an autumnal, industrialising Scotland to Paisley, the town of his birth. Having been absent for many years, he found landscapes and people changed, taking wonder in the modernising world whilst dwelling on those that didn't live to see his return. Along the way, for the entertainment and education of his children, Robert wrote his experiences in a journal he affectionately called 'Papa's Sketches', filling it with drawings and watercolour paintings. These scribblings and sketches give a sense of immediacy, of intimacy and warmth, and feel as vibrant to us now as they did over a hundred years ago, to Robert's own children.

Here, Robert's journals are painstakingly transcribed and his sketches reproduced. Accompanying the journal, Marion Palmann's own extensive research illuminates the world in which Robert lived, giving us context, clarity, and closure to his story. Palmann presents readers with an unprecedented snapshot in the life of a father, emigre, and gentleman.

Poetic, heartfelt, and at times startlingly modern, these journals have a lasting appeal that Robert Macalister couldn't have guessed at, sketching on a cold, autumnal day in 1851.

By: Marion Palmann
Imprint: The Choir Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9781789631050
ISBN 10: 178963105X
Pages: 122
Publication Date: 27 April 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Preface to Robert Macalister's Journal Sketches; Sunday 28th Sept.; Monday 29th Sept.; Tuesday 30th. Sept.; Wednesday 1st Oct.; Thursday 2nd. Oct.; Friday 3rd Oct.; Saturday 4th Oct.; Sunday 5th Oct.; Monday 6th Oct.; Tuesday 7th Oct.; Thursday 9th Oct.; Friday 10th Oct.; Saturday 11th Oct. Sunday 12th Oct. Monday 13th Oct. Tuesday 14th Oct. Wednesday 15th Oct.; Thursday 16th Oct.; Friday 17th Oct;. Epilogue; Bibliography; Endnotes;

Marion Palmann is a solicitor and native of Cambridgeshire with her roots in Bedford and Huntingdon. She has spent much of her working life sifting through historic property deeds and this has led to a deeper interest in the history of Cambridgeshire and its inhabitants during the last 300 years.