This is a reprint of 'The Story of Galloway'. It first appeared in a weekly serial for, in 'The Galloway News' during the years of 1962-63 and was immediately published in book form in the autumn of 1963. A second edition appeared the following year, and a third in 1971.
This present edition is an exact reprint of the text of the original except for the last chapter which has been rewritten to give a more general account of the changes which have occurred in the present century and bring the century up to date.
'The Story of Galloway' is an attempt to give an account in narrative form of life in Galloway in different stages of its development. With this end in view, therefore, only those aspects of its political, economic and religious history which seriously affected the actual lives and customs of the inhabitants have been dealt with.
The author states that this work is essentially a 'story' and not a 'history', but still includes reference to its history throughout.
Contents:
Introduction
1. The Stone Age
2. The Metal Ages
3. The Romans in Galloway
4. St Ninian - Founder of the Church in Scotland
5. Seven Centuries of Invasion
6. Norman Conquest of Galloway
7. Norman Settlement of Galloway|
8. Alan the Great - Devorgilla the Good
9. Social Life in the Early Middle Ages
10. Galloway Under English Control
11. The Bruces in Galloway
12. The Rise of the Douglases
13. The Fall of the Douglases
14. The Church in the Middle Ages
15. Town and Trade
16. The Reformation
17. Ban the Bishops
18. The Covenant Goes to War
19. The Persecution Begins
20. The Covenant Defiant
21. The Killing Times
22. Fifty Years of Depression
23. A Century of Progress
24. In Conclusion
