Polly: The True Story Behind Whisky Galore - Softcover

Hutchinson, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1840180714 ISBN 13: 9781840180718

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

In 1941 an 8,000-ton cargo ship ran aground in the Sound of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides. In the difficult war years any gift from the sea was welcome, and the SS Politician had among her cargo a quarter of a million bottles of whisky. The events that followed inspired Compton Mackenzie's novel Whisky Galore. Using eyewitness accounts, historical papers, and official documents, this book tells the story of the SS Politician and the circus that surrounded her, from islanders in small skiffs to wartime excise officers and the final solution, to the problem of the vessel affectionately known as the "Polly."

About this edition

• Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1840180714
• ISBN 13: 9781840180718
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160