Samuel Rutherford Crockett
LEGACY
‘All authors have just one hero, that is the self they would have liked to be, the gallant boy they were not.’
Credited with creating the first tourist boom in Galloway this son of the Glenkens attained worldwide celebrity in his lifetime. After his death he was still fondly remembered locally though as time passed he became less well known further afield.
On the centenary of his death in April 2014 he was dubbed ‘Scotland’s Forgotten Bestseller’ and the Galloway Raiders was formed to advocate and promote his life and works for a new generation.
Scathing commentary on the hypocrisy of hierarchy is rooted underneath Crockett’s beautiful and accurate natural description.
He is truly the writer of the places and people of Galloway’s past. Crockett wrote the first car chase in fiction in ‘Vida’ and his dog Quharrie possibly inspired Conan Doyle’s ‘Hound of the Baskervilles.’ From medieval Douglas to 18th century Maxwell, his Galloway stories are steeped in the social history of the area, while his European adventure stories give a picture of life for the rural working folk of France, Spain, Italy and beyond.
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‘When in doubt, always shut your head and… observe! Take my word for it, you are not wasting your time. They say in our country ‘Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.’ But I say, ‘Remember a thing… exactly, mind you… thirty or forty years and you will find a place expressly hollowed out for it, where it will grow and branch out and seed like a potted plant’
Credited with creating the first tourist boom in Galloway this son of the Glenkens attained worldwide celebrity in his lifetime. After his death he was still fondly remembered locally though as time passed he became less well known further afield.
On the centenary of his death in April 2014 he was dubbed ‘Scotland’s Forgotten Bestseller’ and the Galloway Raiders was formed to advocate and promote his life and works for a new generation.
Scathing commentary on the hypocrisy of hierarchy is rooted underneath Crockett’s beautiful and accurate natural description.
He is truly the writer of the places and people of Galloway’s past. Crockett wrote the first car chase in fiction in ‘Vida’ and his dog Quharrie possibly inspired Conan Doyle’s ‘Hound of the Baskervilles.’ From medieval Douglas to 18th century Maxwell, his Galloway stories are steeped in the social history of the area, while his European adventure stories give a picture of life for the rural working folk of France, Spain, Italy and beyond.
Find out more by exploring our site...
‘When in doubt, always shut your head and… observe! Take my word for it, you are not wasting your time. They say in our country ‘Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it.’ But I say, ‘Remember a thing… exactly, mind you… thirty or forty years and you will find a place expressly hollowed out for it, where it will grow and branch out and seed like a potted plant’