SIR WALTER SCOTT ON CROSSCURRENTS, 8/15: Historical novelist of gallantry, romance and chivalry, Sir Walter Scott was born on this date in 1771. Gavin and Wyatt have found the Ivanhoe author in a Scottish glen and you can find the radio host in the KRNN studio for Walter Scott’s birthday with the best of Scottish bands on Crosscurrents, 8/15 at 8 a.m.