Samuel Rutherford Crockett
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Samuel Rutherford Crockett (24 September 1860 — 16 Aprile, 1914), wis a Scottish novellist, born at Duchrae, Galloway, the son o a Galloway fermer.
He wis brocht up on a Galloway ferm, an graduated fre Edinburgh University in 1879. Efter some years o traivel he became in 1886 minister o Penicuik. In that year he produced his first publication ,Dulce Cor, a collection of verse.
He eventually abandoned the Free Kirk ministry for novelle-writin.
The sonse o J.M. Barrie an the Kailyard schuil o writin haed created a demand for stories in Scots whan Mr Crockett furthsetit his sonsefu storie o The Stickit Minister in 1893. It wis follaet bi a rapidly produced series o popular novelles frequently featuring the history o Scotland or wi his native Galloway.
Such are:
- The Raiders, The Lilac Sun-bonnet an Mad Sir Uchtred in 1894
- The Men of the Moss Hags in 1895
- Cleg Kelly an The Grey Man in 1896
- The Surprising Adventures of Sir Toady Lion (1897)
- The Red Axe (1898)
- Kit Kennedy (1899)
- Joan of the Sword Hand and Little Anna Mark in 1900
- Flower o' the Corn (1902)
- Red Cap Tales (1904)
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