In 1908, in Dunwich Township, a patch of rural southern Ontario that was more Scottish than much of Scotland, the renowned economist and public servant John Kenneth Galbraith was born. In 1963, Galbraith wrote "The Scotch, " a memoir of the tight (in every sense) community in which he was raised. Galbraith tells how the men were distinguished by the amount of land they’d accumulated, how hard they worked, how hard they drank, but mainly by how frugal they were. It was said that Codfish John McKillop was so economical ...
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In 1908, in Dunwich Township, a patch of rural southern Ontario that was more Scottish than much of Scotland, the renowned economist and public servant John Kenneth Galbraith was born. In 1963, Galbraith wrote "The Scotch, " a memoir of the tight (in every sense) community in which he was raised. Galbraith tells how the men were distinguished by the amount of land they’d accumulated, how hard they worked, how hard they drank, but mainly by how frugal they were. It was said that Codfish John McKillop was so economical that when he died and was being lowered into his grave, he lifted the cover of his coffin and handed out his clothes. Educated himself first at the one-room Willey School, where team sports were held to be “bad for a youngster,” and later at Dutton High School under the aegis of an incompetent teacher who believed in learning through terror, Galbraith raced through the early grades and left for the Ontario Agricultural College, en route, eventually, to Harvard. He may have left the community, but, it’s clear from this affectionate, if pointed, portrait, it never left him.
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Dust Jacket Included. Book First edition, 1964. 8vo. 145 pp. Blue and green cloth boards with light wear at ends of spine. Dust jacket has light wear along edges, two small tears and light chipping along top edge. A near fine copy. SCOTTISH HISTORY.
Add this copy of The Scotch to cart. $38.55, fair condition, Sold by artlessmissals rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Denver, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Fair. Former owner initials stamped at base edge. Front fly page have top half inch removed. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no other markings found. No dust jacket. Tan cloth covered boards have a few scuffs. Extremities lightly bumped with minimal tip wear.
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FINE IN A VERY GOOD+ D.J. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION AND AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATIONS BY SAMUEL H. BRYANT. BOOK IS FINE WITHOUT ANY MARKS TO THE BINDING OR THE TEXT. D.J. IS LIGHTLY RUBBED AT THE CORNERS AND SPINE EDGES WITH THE SPINE PANEL SLIGHTLY COLOR-FADED, AND IS NOT PRICE-CLIPPED. A BEAUTIFUL CLEAN, BRIGHT, UNFADED COPY WITH NO REMAINDER MARK.