Book description
Not only has Glasgow produced some incredible personalities, it has
also been witness to some of the greatest happenings of our times.
These outstanding people and epoch-making events are featured in
Glasgow: Tales of the City.
As a result of painstaking research, some startling new facts have
emerged about the life and times of some of the city's most
interesting characters. The many individuals documented in this book
include the world's greatest pilot, whose many flying feats are still
held in great awe today and unlikely ever to be repeated. He was
hailed as a hero in America, they gave a him a ticker-tape reception
in New York and Hollywood begged him to be a star.
More recently, Glasgow was popularised by a TV programme about the
city's tough police officer Taggart. The role of the Glasgow detective
made Mark McManus one of Scotland's first international TV stars, and
Mark's own life story makes equally compelling reading.
Before Billy Connolly, Glasgow's greatest-ever comedian was Lex
McLean. He smashed all the box-office records in a Glasgow theatre and
became a legend in his own lifetime. His story has never before been
told in such detail.
This is undoubtedly one of the most fascinating studies of
Scotland's largest city ever published.
