Samuel Rutherford Crockett

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Samuel Rutherford Crockett , Scottish novelist (1860 - 1914)
Samuel Rutherford Crockett , Scottish novelist (1860 - 1914)

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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