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100 1  Hutchinson, Roger,|d1949-|eauthor. 
245 10 Calum's Road /|cRoger Hutchinson. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bBirlinn Limited,
       |c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
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520    "This story of a Scottish lighthouse keeper's years-long 
       quest to build a road and revive a town is "an incredible 
       testament to one man's determination" ( The Sunday Herald 
       ). Shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's 
       Ondaatje Prize Calum MacLeod had lived on the northern 
       point of the Scottish island of Raasay since his birth in 
       1911. He tended the Rona lighthouse at the very tip of his
       little archipelago--until semi-automation in 1967 reduced 
       his responsibilities. With his newly idle hours, he 
       embarked upon a project: to build a road out of the 
       settlement of Arnish--a road that he hoped would lead new 
       generations of people to this quiet, beautiful place. And 
       so, at the age of fifty-six, Calum MacLeod, the last man 
       left in northern Raasay, set about single-handedly 
       constructing the "impossible" road, using hand tools. It 
       would become a romantic, quixotic venture, a kind of 
       sculpture; an obsessive work of art so perfect in every 
       gradient, culvert, and supporting wall that its creation 
       occupied almost twenty years of his life. In Calum's Road ,
       Roger Hutchinson recounts the extraordinary story of this 
       remarkable man's devotion to his visionary project. 
       "MacLeod defied powers [outside] his control in the only 
       way he could... paints a compelling picture of the man." -
       - Sunday Times "Wonderful." -- The Telegraph "A gem of a 
       book." --Alexander McCall Smith"--|cProvided by Freading. 
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600 10 MacLeod, Calum,|d1911-1988. 
650  0 Roads|zScotland|xDesign and construction. 
650  0 Crofters|zScotland|zRaasay|vBiography. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Raasay (Scotland)|xHistory. 
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