“I put my whole heart into my verses, for they are the direct outcome of what I have felt and seen.”
About Alexander Anderson
30 April 1845–11 July 1909
In the annals of Scottish literature, few stories are as compelling as that of Alexander Anderson, the railway worker who earned fame under the moniker "Surfaceman" and whose poetry bridged the gap between the gritty reality of industrial Scotland and the refined world of Victorian letters. Born into humble…