About the Author

Michael Newton is a lecturer in the Celtic Studies department of St Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Celtic Studies from the University of Edinburgh and is a leading authority on the literature and cultural legacy of Scottish Highland immigrant communities in America. He has written several books and numerous articles on many aspects of Highland tradition and history, and was the editor of Dùthchas nan Gàidheal: Selected Essays of John MacInnes, which won the Saltire Society's Research Book award of 2006.

Reviews

A complete rewrite and massive expansion of the author's previous Handbook of the Gaelic World. Essential for anyone interested in the Gaelic world.