Book description
Scotland is a treasure-chest of natural history, but it also offers
a wealth of wonderful literature about its wild creatures. Delving
into Robin Hull's own experience of the mammals in Scotland and
drawing on the texts of many of the great Scottish natural history
writers, this book, the first of its kind, examines the historical and
cultural relationship between humans and mammals in Scotland over the
last 10,000 years. All the wild mammalian species of Scotland are
covered, including marine mammals which have been sighted in Scottish
waters, such as walruses and narwhals. Insightful and meticulously
researched, "The History of Scottish Mammals" is an analysis
of the impact of humans on the planet, as well as a riveting study of
the facts and fictions associated with mammals in Scotland.
