Firkin and the Grey Gangsters is a collection of four tales in which animals are the heroes.Firkin and the Grey Gangsters was in 1936 a metaphor for the fear of takeover by corporate America - Firkin is a young red squirrel who leads his people in a battle against a horde of grey squirrelinvaders from America. Firkin speaks in Scots.The Sheep who wasn't a Sheep is about the thoughts going through the head of a sheep, swimmingbetween one Outer Isle and the other.The White Drake is a farmyard drake in Perthshire learning about flying.
| ISBN: | 9781910895153 |
| Publication date: | 15th July 2021 |
| Author: | Ann Scott Moncrieff |
| Illustrator: | Feodor Rojankovsky |
| Publisher: | Scotland Street Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 157 pages |