Publisher's Synopsis
A collection of articles from Elizabeth MacPherson's well-loved column in The Glasgow Herald, The Bulletin and The Scots Pictoral. Elizabeth and Ian Macpherson took the tenancy of a small upland farm on the edge of the Dava Moor in 1938. Ian, whose novels made a significant contribution to Scottish literature, combined his writing with broadcasting and farming. On his death in 1944, Elizabeth took to writing a weekly column in The Bulletin and Scots Pictorial under the title of Leaning On A Gate. When The Bulletin ceased publication she then wrote a column entitled In The Country for The Glasgow Herald. During the course of the next thirty years, Elizabeth Macpherson produced in her articles some of the most evocative and descriptive writing about the countryside, her aminals and the farming practices of the day. Always perceptive and with a gentle humour, she leaves a vivid picture of the hard physical life which was the lot of the farmer during the Forties and Fifties. This selection forms a tribute to Elizabeth Macpherson's skill as a writer. It is a valuable record of a way of life now gone for ever.
