The Crofter and the Laird

  • The Crofter and the Laird
    The Crofter and the Laird
    By John McPhee

    When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors—Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland—a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there.

  • The Crofter and the Laird
    The Crofter and the Laird
    By John McPhee

    When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors—Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland—a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there.

  • The Crofter and the Laird
    The Crofter and the Laird
    By John McPhee

    When John McPhee returned to the island of his ancestors—Colonsay, twenty-five miles west of the Scottish mainland—a hundred and thirty-eight people were living there.

  • The Crofter and the Laird
    By John McPhee

    The Crofter and the Laird

  • The Crofter and the Laird
    The Crofter and the Laird
    By John McPhee

    John McPhee wrote this in 1969, during the course of a stay in Colonsay, the home of his forebears. He put his children into the local school and lived quietly,...

  • The Crofter and the Laird
    By John McPhee

    'McPhee's genius is that he can write about anything.' - Robert Macfarlane