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William Tell is alive and well!

THE story of William Tell and how he shot an apple on his son's head is well known all over the world, and several countries have similar stories, but it is in Switzerland where he is most well known. Travel writer Ron Smith follows the trail of the legend...
Rowing and remembering

AN RAF Lossiemouth serviceman who was almost killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan has completed a remarkable physical challenge in memory of his two comrades killed in the explosion.

Elgin Library Reading Group

Thirteen Moons by Charles Frazier

This months’ meeting had the Reading Group discussing two books by American authors with the inter-linking theme of the last days of the Native American Indian.

Charles Frazier’s Thirteen Moons is the story of one man’s remarkable life, spanning a century of relentless change. At the age of twelve, Will Cooper is given a horse, a key, and a map and is sent on a journey through the wilderness to the edge of the Cherokee Nation. Will is a bound boy, obliged to run a remote Indian trading post. As he fulfils his lonesome duty, Will finds a father in Bear, a Cherokee chief, and is adopted by him and his people, developing relationships that ultimately forge Will’s character. All the while, his love of Claire, the enigmatic charge of volatile and powerful Featherstone, will forever rule Will’s heart. A captivating read, giving a surprising insight into the changing world of the Native American Indian during the end of the nineteenth beginning of the twentieth century

The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins

The Shadow Catcher combines elements of post-modern and historical fiction, memoir, and travelogue to explore two stories. The first depicts the relationship between famed early 20th century photographer Edward Curtis, who made his reputation taking photographs of Native Americans, and his long-suffering wife, Clara. The second examines the author's own life. Through coincidence and attention to the power of place and history, Wiggins connects the two threads as she moves from a Hollywood pitch meeting with filmmakers interested in her version of the Curtis story to a Las Vegas hospital room, where she confronts a man who has assumed the identity of her deceased father. A riveting novel written as if the author was just chatting to the reader, yet conveying a sense of historic interest and modern emotion!

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