Lewis Grassic Gibbon was the pseudonym of James Leslie Mitchell, a renowned Scottish writer born on February 13, 1901, in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, and died on February 7, 1935. Gibbon is often celebrated for his articulate exploration of social circumstances and his contributions to Scottish literature. 'Cloud Howe' (1933), the second novel in his notable 'A Scots Quair' trilogy, exemplifies hi...