Ballad of Jamie Allan

Name: Ballad of Jamie Allan
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ISBN: 9780978746742

ISBN-10: 0978746740

ISBN-13: 9780978746742

Edition: 2007

Authors: Tom Pickard

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Tom Pickard's Ballad of Jamie Allan recounts the true adventures of an eighteenth-century gypsy musician who lived on the EnglishScottish Borders and died in Durham jail, serving a life sentence for stealing a horse. Though once patronized by dukes and earls, Allan lost their support as his wayward behavior began to exceed their own. His reputation as a great piper was matched only by his reputation as an outlaw or, in the words of Walter Scott, "a desperate reprobate." Drawing on newspaper accounts and court depositions, Pickard brings the ballad tradition to life with his own genius for the form. Through the words of his cohorts and contemporaries, Allan emerges as a spirit of the…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Flood Editions
Publication date: 1/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English