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As mentioned in the ‘Places to visit’ links, Colin Mackie, Paul O’Cuin and SGHET have done research and produced the book ‘City of the Dead’ about the Southern Necropolis.  Available at all good bookstores and the Mitchell Library; a reasonably priced wee book which is bound to be a great read. 

You have probably heard of Carol Foreman before—she has written several books on Glasgow.  They are available in all good bookshops and probably at the Mitchell Library:-

Hidden Glasgow                                                                    Glasgow Street Names                                                              Glasgow Curiosities                                                                   Lost Glasgow                                                                         Glasgow from the Air—75 years of aerial photography  

If you have browsed this site before, then you will know that Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show visited Glasgow.  Tom Cunningham has now written two books on the subject of  native Americans in Scotland, one just newly launched. 

The Diamond’s Ace: Scotland and the Native Americans               Your Fathers the Ghosts: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West in Scotland

Judith Bowers has had a book published, entitled ‘Stan Laurel and Other Stars of the Panopticon—The Story of the Britannia Music Hall’.  What a history that building has had! 

 

Another book to be found in shops and at the Mitchell is  ‘A Tale of Two Towns: A History of Medieval Glasgow’, by Neil Baxter.

Not a recent publication, but a great book, is Meg Henderson’s biographical story of growing up in Glasgow ‘Finding Peggy’,

A book everyone is talking about, in a similar vein, is Robert Douglas’s first book ‘The Night Song of the Last Tram’,   He has written two sequels,  very enjoyable, but the first is a must-read.

Newly published ‘Glasgow East’, photographs of Glasgow’s East End, some never before published,   By Gordon Adams, in the Tempus Images of Scotland series.  Look out for the others, too!

‘Glasgow City Beautiful’ John McDermott photographs Glasgow in all her glory.  Scott Taylor, Chief Executive of Glasgow City Marketing said ’It is a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated book’ .  Available in bookshops and on DVD.

I also suggest you might visit the museum shops at Burrell, Kelvingrove and, of course, the Transport Museum. Don’t forget the Tourist Information Centre in George Square—they stock lots of unusual goodies.

There are DVDs about Glasgow’s history, shipbuilding, subway and other methods of  transport.  Hope you find something you like!

If you want to shop online, I’m sure these books will be available from Amazon, among others.

‘The Glasgow Almanac—an A to Z of the City and it’s People’  By Stephen Terry, Excerpts from this book first featured as short articles in the Evening Times in the lead up to the Millennium. 

‘Glasgow 1955: Through the lens’  By Fiona Hayes with Peter Douglas,  In 1955, Glasgow camera clubs went out and photographed everyday aspects of the city.  These fantastic portals to Glasgow’s past were on display in the Peoples Palace and ran for a very long time, so popular was the subject. This book is a collection of 90 of those superb photographs.  Available at Glasgow Museums and all good bookshops.