Para Handy

About this book

Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News nearly a hundred years ago. The master mariner and his crewDougie the mate Macphail the engineer Sunny Jim and the Tarall play their part in evoking the irresistible atmosphere of a bygone age when puffers sailed between West Highland ports and the great city of Glasgow. This definitive edition contains all three collections published in the authors lifetime as well as a new story never previously published which was discovered in 2001. Extensive notes accompany each story providing fascinating insights into colloquialisms place-names and historical events. This volume also includes a wealth of contemporary photographs depicting the harbors steamers and puffers from the age of the Vital Spark.