James Barke |
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Barke was
born at Torwoodlee, Galashiels, but spent
most of his childhood in Fife. He worked as an
engineer, then became a full-time writer after
the publication of his first novel. His best known work is his semi-autobiographical "The Land of the Leal" (1939). Barke also edited the works of Robert Burns, about whom he wrote a series of novels, and edited the "Merry Muses Of Caledonia" with Sidney Goodsir Smith.AC
The World his Pillow (1933); The Wild MacRaes (1934); The End of the High Bridge (1935); Major Operation (1936); The Land of the Leal (1939); The Green Hills Far Away (1940); The Wind that Shakes the Barley (1946); The Song in the Greenthorn Tree (1947); The Wonder of All the Gay World (1949); The Crest of the Broken Wave (1953); The Well of the Silent Harp (1954); Bonnie Jean (1959).
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