The Camerons [Paperback]

Robert Crichton (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub (June 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881843180
• ISBN-13: 978-0881843187
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #466,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For a coalminer's granddaughter, Scot heritage, it was gold., December 23, 1997

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Agatha Mumple (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Camerons (Paperback)

The book haunts me. It has been weeded out of my library, and I can't find it anywhere.

It seems to be such a true thing. Gillan and Meggie, so far apart in nature, are equally compelling characters, and each of their children's personalities have been developed well.

Remembering my Great Uncle's accent, I was moved by even the language and syntax. In my childhood in Southern Illinois, we lived in a coal town. Classmate's fathers died in the mines sometimes, bazarr crafts involved shining chips of black coal. We burned it in the basement furnace for fuel, and I pulled many a glowing klinker from the flames to drop into a washtub until they cooled and were used to augment the sparse gravel in our driveway. So the story interested me greatly.

Since reading it, we have moved twice, and amidst the laughter of my family, I made sure we had a dark and handsome man as our "first-footer", for good luck. And I cannot read MacBeth without remembering the line where Gillan,reading it for the 3rd time underground, suddenly found Shakespeare to be beautiful....

I want this book again, to read again and to pass on to my boys.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Memorable, October 4, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Camerons (Paperback)

This book was recommended by my mother. I don't know what happened to my original copy but I and my Scottish husband have been searching for it in every second-hand bookstore we could find. Excellent book in particular for those of Scottish heritage.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An utterly absorbing tale, July 9, 2004

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J. Duncan ""dunc"" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Camerons (Hardcover)

I first read this about 25 years ago and remembered it being an oustanding read. It was better the second time around. Can't remember when I've been so "involved" in the lives of characters in a novel. Mr. Crichton captures the essence of a group better than anyone. A truly outstanding book.