Below we have listed a number of publications relating to the Strathglass area. Some of them will be extremely useful during your stay, while others will make an ideal souvenir or perhaps a gift for friends and relatives.

Sixty Four Walks

David Peck (with Drawings and Maps by Pat Cairney)

A guide to walks of all lengths and grades to be found in Strathglass and the surrounding Glens. An amazing number of interesting walks crammed into a small book - a must for those wishing to explore the area on foot. Besides providing detailed information on routes, the author has included many 'points of interest' that give the reader a greater insight into the geography and wildlife of the area.

Guisachan - A History

Donald Fraser

Although claiming to be neither a writer or historian, Donald Fraser has produced a highly informative history of Guisachan and the Tweedmouths who were associated with the estate for many years. The book, first published in 1990, has proved tremendously popular with visitors to Strathglass, indeed requests for information from his guests at Tomich first prompted the author to put pen to paper. The book contains many old photographs of Guisachan House, the estate and the people who lived and worked there.

Isolation Shepherd

Iain R Thomson

In this book the author epxresses the sensitivities of a Highlander for the irreparable changes inflicted upon his native glens. Through a life in the wilderness of Wester Ross his sheperding days glimpse the spirit of high corrie and falling torrent. The tale is not told without humour and pathos of a time before the need for cheaper electricity flooded home and pasture alike. This haunting narative records a time of peace and happiness once to be found in an untamed world. Many may dream, none can be unaffected.

The Hydro Boys

Emma Wood

This work is an account of the pioneering days of hydro-electricity in Scotland. It shows how each hydro project brought its own set of technical challenges, underlining the remarkable engineering achievements involved in bringing hydro-electric power to the wild glens of the Scottish Highlands. It concludes by looking at the future of hydro-electric power worldwide. Is hydro-electric power the sustainable technology of choice in a new century already riven with ecological angst? The hydro-electric project was a crusade, with a marvellous goal: the prize of affordable power for all from Scottish rainfall. This book is a journey through time, and across and beneath the Highland landscape…it is not just a story of technology and politics but of people.

Burn On The Hill

Elizabeth Allan

In the early years of the 20th Century, Ronnie Burn came as a stranger to the high glens of the Scottish Highlands. It enabled him to achieve his goal of becoming the first 'Compleat Munroist', but more importantly it brought a lonely man into a warm circle of friendship and affection. Using Burn's hill diaries, the author brings us a fascinating account of his many long and arduous walks and the many warm welcomes he found in homes now given over to summer holiday use, or submerged under hydro-electric dams. The way of life he shared there has gone forever. The glens are empty.

Song of the Rolling Earth

John Lister-Kaye

This book is the authors celebration of nature and the land that has been his home and work for almost thirty years. It is a powerful evocation of the turbulent human history of the Highlands; its wealth of wildlife, and the magnificent landscape of mountains, forests and lochs that surround his field centre. It is a journey of personal discovery; an enchanting account that captures the hills and glens in all their glory, and a fascinating exploration of man's ever changing relationship with his environment.

The Long Horizon

Iain R Thomson

A worthy successor to 'Isolation Shepherd', we find great tragedy and mysticism mingling effortlessly with hilarious events. The reader is carried with equal ease on a style of prose which can emerge from a simple sensitive description to majestic profundity on a single page. No emotion is left untouched, but the handling is always that of an artist, delicate and discreet or vigorous and powerful, each form as the subject merits. Set in the homeland of Clan Fraser, the author gives a brief, sometimes racy history of the Lovat Chiefs. No simple autobiography, Thomson writes from the inside. Many and varied stories, peppered with asides, reflect the changes of both affluence and attitude which have revolutionised Highland living.

The Dam Builders

James Miller

In the thirty years after the Second World War, the construction schemes of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board changed the face of the Highlands and brought elelctricity to almost the whole of the country north of the Highland Line. Fired by the idealism of Tom Johnston, the Board's founder, the schemes brought regeneration and hope. By the time the last scheme was opened at Foyers in 1975, some fifty major dams and power stations, almost 200 miles of tunnel, 400 miles of road, and over 20,000 miles of power line had been constructed. The Dam Builders is a vivid account of the schemes, and includes eyewitness stories from many of the workers who made the electrification of the Highlands a reality.