Tales from the Tent: Jessie's Journey Continues

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In Tales from the Tent, Jess Smith - Scottish traveller, hawker, gypsy, 'gan-about' and storyteller - continues the unforgettable story started in Jessie's Journey of her life on the road. Unable to adjust to settled life working in a factory after leaving school, she finds herself drawn once again to the wild countryside of Scotland. Having grown up on the road in an old blue bus with her parents and seven sisters, Jessie now joins her family in caravans, stopping to rest in campsites and lay-bys as they follow work around the country - berry-picking, hay-stacking, ragging, fortune-telling a.;Cover; Author biography; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 BACK ON THE GREEN; 2 A CONVERSATION WITH WULLIE; 3 A KINDRED SPIRIT; 4 THE SEVERED LINE; 5 THE TOMMY STEALERS; 6 SANDY'S KILT; 7 HARRY'S DOGS; 8 THE GHOSTS OF KIRRIEMUIR; 9 THE BANASHEN; 10 PORTSOY PETER; 11 FAIR EXCHANGE; 12 THE BLACK PEARL; 13 JEANNIE GORDON; 14 THE BORDER GYPSIES; 15 THE LAST WOLF; 16 DAVIE BOY AND THE DEVIL; 17 WINTER IN MANCHESTER; 18 KING RUAN AND THE WITCH; 19 HELENA'S STORY; 20 MANCHESTER HOGMANAY; 21 THE LETTER; 22 BACK ON THE ROAD; 23 THE KELPIE.