The Guide to Mysterious Arran [Paperback]

Geoff Holder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2008

This is a guide to everything supernatural, paranormal, folkloric, eccentric, and mysterious that has occurred on the small, windswept isle of Arran and is a fascinating introduction to the heritage of this spectacular part of Scotland. This is a guide that the armchair adventurer or the on-location visitor can revel in. Comprehensive entries covering Arran's standing stones, ruins, churches, tombstones, and archaeological curiosities are complemented by more than 100 photographs. The book also includes notes and cross-references to enable the reader to follow up the sources.

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About the Author

Geoff Holder is an award-winning television and video writer and producer. In 2004 he wrote and produced the popular six-part series Mysterious Scotland; he continues to write regularly on regional topics for the Scottish press. His previous books include Mysterious Perthshire (2006) and Mysterious Iona and Staffa (2007) and Mysterious Loch Ness and the Inverness Area.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: The History Press (May 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0752447203
• ISBN-13: 978-0752447209
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,705,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Geoff Holder has written almost twenty non-fiction books on the paranormal, the peculiar, the Gothic and the gruesome, from "The Jacobites and the Supernatural" and "101 Things to Do with a Stone Circle" to "Scottish Bodysnatchers" and nine titles in "The Guide to the Mysterious..." series, covering everywhere from the Lake District and Loch Ness to Glasgow and Aberdeen.

His work encompasses folklore, archaeology, local history, parapsychology, ghosts, Forteana, neo-antiquarianism and witchcraft, with a side order of gargoyles and graveyards. He has had over thirty jobs - once lasting an entire morning in a slaughterhouse - and won numerous awards as a video scriptwriter and producer.