Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News in 1905 The master mariner & his crew
- Dougie the mate Macphail the engineer Sunny Jim & the Tar
- all play their part in evoking the irresistible atmosphere of a bygone age when puffers sailed between West Highland ports & the great city of Glasgow This definitive edition contains all three collections published in the author's lifetime as well as those that were unpublished & a new story which was discovered in 2001 Extensive notes accompany each story providing fascinating insights into colloquialisms place-names & historical events This volume also
Includes:: a wealth of contemporary photographs depicting the harbours steamers & puffers from the age of the Vital Spark