In 1923, some 400 people moved, voluntarily, from Harris and Lewis to three new crofting townships in North Talisker on Skye. Voluntary migration on this scale between Hebridean islands had not occurred before nor has it happened since. It was widely regarded as a success, so why was it not followed by other similar schemes? This book attempts to answer that and many more questions surrounding the North Talisker scheme. It also considers other land settlement schemes on Skye and Raasay, helping to put the North Talisker scheme into a wider perspective.

Bob Chambers, May 2017. To preview or order a copy of this book please click here. Also now available as a low cost pdf.