A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland (1775) is a travelogue by Samuel Johnson about an eighty-three day journey through Scotland, in particular the islands of the Hebrides, in the late summer and autumn of 1773. The sixty-three year-old Johnson was accompanied by his thirty-two year-old friend of many years James Boswell. Their travels through a wild and often lawless Scotland, a Scotland that was changing through the Highland clearances and attacks on scottish culture. Kean Guides travel offers a series of books that explore the quest of men and women to explore the world.