The Clearances

[JS Sanders]

<< In a good way or bad?? >>

In a positive fashion. You'll still enjoy the Games but with greater appreciation - and perhaps amusement.


<< Glencoe & the Indians was released on this side of the pond by the Montana State Historical Society as Scottish Highlanders, Indian Peoples >>

Cajunscot - I was unaware of that. It'd explain why I had such difficulty locating a copy in the US. Mine was purchased at a gift shop on Skye.

Slainte yall,
steve

[macwilkin]

<< In a good way or bad?? >>

In a positive fashion. You'll still enjoy the Games but with greater appreciation - and perhaps amusement.


<< Glencoe & the Indians was released on this side of the pond by the Montana State Historical Society as Scottish Highlanders, Indian Peoples >>

Cajunscot - I was unaware of that. It'd explain why I had such difficulty locating a copy in the US. Mine was purchased at a gift shop on Skye.

Slainte yall,
steve

I would agree with Steve's statement: overall, Ms. Ray is very positive towards the Scottish-American community. Her research will give you some very interesting insight -- and I would highly recommend her book to our UK brethren who sometimes cock eyebrows at American Scots.

If you like Glencoe & the Indians, you would love Szasz's Scots in the North American West.

T.

[gilmore]

The blurb for "Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South" makes it look like an interesting read. Southerners have always identified with and touted our Scots heritage, real and imagined.

As Florence King, the Southern humorist, says, "When Southerners ask 'Who are they?' they mean 'Who were they?'"

I remember Faulkner describing the ancestor of one of his characters as grabbing his claymore and plaid after Culloden and fleeing to America.

There are those who blame the US Civil War in part on the novels of Sir Walter Scott, which popularized the notions of idealized chivalry, devotion to one's "land" (whatever that means), and lost causes, etc, that ante bellum Southerners had taken to heart.

[macwilkin]

The blurb for "Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South" makes it look like an interesting read. Southerners have always identified with and touted our Scots heritage, real and imagined.

As Florence King, the Southern humorist, says, "When Southerners ask 'Who are they?' they mean 'Who were they?'"

I remember Faulkner describing the ancestor of one of his characters as grabbing his claymore and plaid after Culloden and fleeing to America.

There are those who blame the US Civil War in part on the novels of Sir Walter Scott, which popularized the notions of idealized chivalry, devotion to one's "land" (whatever that means), and lost causes, etc, that ante bellum Southerners had taken to heart.

She has a whole chapter on this very subject, Gil.

T.