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Neil Miller Gunn

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Nov. 8, 1891, Dunbeath, Caithness, Scot.
Died:
Jan. 15, 1973, Inverness (aged 81)
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Neil Miller Gunn (born Nov. 8, 1891, Dunbeath, Caithness, Scot.—died Jan. 15, 1973, Inverness) was a Scottish author whose novels are set in the Highlands and in the seaside villages of his native land. Gunn entered the civil service at age 15, working for Customs and Excise from 1911 to 1937. His first novel, The Grey Coast, was published in 1926. His third book, Morning Tide (1930), about a proud, sensitive boy growing up in the Highlands, was a popular success. Gunn’s next two novels were quite different: The Lost Glen (1932) is a bitter story of the Highland people’s ...(100 of 282 words)

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