The Stowaway Piper

Imprint: Formac Publishing Company Limited
Publication Date: 1 January 1978
Copyright Year: 1978
ISBN: 9780887800245
Page Count: 128
Dimensions: 6" x 9"

Name: The Stowaway Piper
SKU: 2416
Availability: InStock

by Lilla Stirling

Caught as a Scottish stowaway on the Rose of Scotland-bound for the new world, will Dougal Donald be able to pay his way in another way?

Babpipes and Highland dress were forbidden by law in Scotland, so Dougal Donald Macdonald had to take his pipes and his kilt from their hiding place before he stowed away on the Rose of Scotland to search for his uncle in the New World.

Stowaways were said to bring bad luck to a ship, and when Dougal Donald was discovered in the vessel's hold, superstitious Jenny Martin demanded that he be thrown overboard. While all the other passengers stood gaping, it was Jeanie Maclean, the little lass to timid to climb a tree, who sprang forward to defend the young pipe and defy the captain.

When at last the Rose of Scotland dropped anchor off Nova Scotia, hostile Indians were waiting for the settlers. The Dougal Donald paid for his passage in a most astonishing way.

About the Author

LILLA STIRLING was born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, and graduated from Dalhousie University where she majored in English. She obtained a Master's degree from Columbia University. She also attended the School of International Relations in Geneva, Switzerland and the International School of Hoenefess, Norway. In 1966 she was granted a sabbatical to visit schools and talk with educators around the world. Her trip included visits to Hawaii, East Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, The Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Nepal, Kenya, Athens, Florence, Finalnd and Russia. Schools in Canada and the U.S.A. were also visited. On this trip she audited lectures in English at Edinburgh University, Scotland.