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PUBLISHER: Johnston & Bacon
ISBN: 9780717946044
PAGES: 223p.
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In The Wake Of The Vital Spark
Para Handy, skipper of the Clyde puffer Vital Spark, was the funniest creation of his author, Neil Munro. This book takes you on a nostalgic trip down the Clyde at the turn of the century, in the heyday of the Firth.
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David F. Ross
David F. Ross was born in Glasgow in 1964 and lived in various part of the city until the late 70’s, before moving to Kilmarnock where he now lives with his wife and their two children. He studied architecture at Glasgow School of Art, and in 1992 grad …
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