A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and the Journal of a Tour

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Book by Samuel Johnson, published in 1775. The Journey was the result of a three-month trip to Scotland that Johnson took with James Boswell in 1773. It contains Johnson's descriptions of the customs, religion, education, trade, and agriculture of a society that was new to him. The account in Boswell's diary, published after Johnson's death as The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1785), offers an intimate personal record of Johnson's behavior and conversation during the trip.

Author: James Boswell
Format: Paperback, 432 pages, 128mm x 198mm, 319 g
Published: 1984, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous

Vendor: Book Grocer
SKU: 9780140432213-RETAIL
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Tags: Classic travel writing Diaries - letters and journals July-2026 New Arrivals NewSystem Paperback RR Scotland
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Book by Samuel Johnson, published in 1775. The Journey was the result of a three-month trip to Scotland that Johnson took with James Boswell in 1773. It contains Johnson's descriptions of the customs, religion, education, trade, and agriculture of a society that was new to him. The account in Boswell's diary, published after Johnson's death as The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1785), offers an intimate personal record of Johnson's behavior and conversation during the trip.