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Jim Crumley (born 1947) is a Scottish journalist, a former newspaper editor and regular columnist for the Dundee Courier and The Scots Magazine. [1] He is also the author of more than 40 books, mostly on the wildlife and wild landscapes of Scotland, many of them making the case for species reintroductions, or ‘rewilding’. [ 2 ]
MacQueen lifted his plaid and produced the severed head of the wolf, tossing it in the middle of the surprised circle. [1] MacQueen described to the assembly how he achieved the feat; "As I came through the slochd (ravine) by east the hill there, I foregathered wi' the beast. My long dog there turned him. I bucked wi' him, and dirkit him, and ...
James Arthur Crumley (October 12, 1939 – September 17, 2008) [2] [3] [4] was an American author of violent hardboiled crime novels and several volumes of short stories and essays, as well as published and unpublished screenplays.
Scottish wolf-populations reached a peak during the second half of the 16th century. Mary, Queen of Scots is known to have hunted wolves in the forest of Atholl in 1563. [7] The wolves later caused such damage to the cattle herds of Sutherland that in 1577, James VI made it compulsory to hunt wolves three times a year. [1] The last wolf in Scotland
Windblown hawthorn trees, Humphrey Head. Humphrey Head is a limestone outcrop situated south of the village of Allithwaite in Cumbria, England.It is whale-back-shaped and accessible for walkers, giving views over Morecambe Bay to Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and over the Leven estuary to Ulverston.
Wolves at Our Door is a 1997 documentary film about the "Sawtooth Pack", a group of wolves in the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho, United States.The film was produced and directed by Jim Dutcher and first aired on The Discovery Channel.
James Brymer Crumley (17 July 1890 – 1981), also known as Jamie, [5] Jim [6] or Jimmy Crumley, [7] was a Scottish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A native of Dundee , Crumley began his football career with Junior club Harp , from where he moved into the senior ranks, spending the 1911–12 Scottish League season with Dundee Hibernian .
The Hedgehog and the Fox is an essay by philosopher Isaiah Berlin that was published as a book in 1953. It was one of his most popular essays with the general public. However, Berlin said, "I meant it as a kind of enjoyable intellectual game, but it was taken se