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Follow on Google News | Author Ian Moore-Morrans Chosen as One Of 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading for 2013 - 2014Moore-Morrans was chosen as the result of a public voting process. His work, entitled “From Poverty to Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada” describes his immigration from Scotland to Canada during the depression and war years
By: Ian Moore-Morrans ‘‘From Poverty To Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada” will likely prove fascinating for anyone interested in biography; Scottish life during the depression and war years; teenage life in the Salvation Army; Scottish folk music, brass band and 1940s-1960s’ “I’m a Scottish Highlander,” Ian’s Scottish childhood during the depression and war years is spent in abject poverty. Apprenticed to a blacksmith at 14, he begins a lifelong avocation making music. Life improves upon entering the Royal Air Force as an aircraft engine mechanic and bandsman in Britain and Egypt. Returning to civilian life as a machinist, he marries and fathers two daughters. Misled by inflated promises of an unscrupulous Canadian official, Ian and his family immigrate to Canada in 1965. Misadventures in finding and keeping jobs and suitable accommodations lead Ian to conclude that he has only moved “from poverty to poverty.” “The central message of my book,” Ian continued, “is that it is possible to overcome a negative lifestyle like poverty. However, in order to do so, one has to have grit, perseverance, sometimes luck and even humor to get through it all. I’ve tried to look for humor in each and every situation. When all else fails, a good laugh and then, determining to pick yourself up and start anew, will help you deal with most things that life throws at you.” Ian Moore-Morrans or his wife/editor Gayle Moore-Morrans are available for media interviews and can be reached using the information below or by email at gayleian@gmail.com. Ian has been in poor health the last five years so, if he is not well enough for an interview, Gayle will take up the challenge. “From Poverty To Poverty: A Scotsman Encounters Canada” is available at Amazon. More information is available at their website at http://ianmooremorrans.com. Profile: A Scottish-Canadian and retired machinist, Ian Moore-Morrans hails from Campbeltown on the Kintyre peninsula, Argyll, Scotland. He has lived in various places in Canada since emigrating from Scotland in 1965. Taking up writing at age 63, Ian first published an e-book entitled "Metal Machining Made Easy" (as Ian Morrans). Since 2004, Ian has relied on the editing skills of his wife, Gayle, whom he met in 2003 where they started a conversation about the eclectic assortment of stories Ian was writing. When Ian learned that Gayle was a magazine editor, he began to envision them working together. Three months later they married, combining their birth surnames to form the new family name “Moore-Morrans.” End
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