A Dance Called America: The Scottish Highlands, the United States and CanadaThis is an account of what happened to the thousands of people who left the Scottish Highlands to make a new life in the United States and Canada. The book evaluates the impact of people from the Highlands on the New World. It is the story of how soldiers, explorers, fur traders, lumberjacks, guerilla fighters, railway builders, and pioneer settlers from the northern part of Scotland contributed to the United States and Canada. |
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Page 195
... for several weeks , MacGillivray wrote , ' settling a most important business . . . the carrying into effect of the various deeds and covenants entered into on the part of the North West Company ... with the Hudson's Bay Company . These ...
... for several weeks , MacGillivray wrote , ' settling a most important business . . . the carrying into effect of the various deeds and covenants entered into on the part of the North West Company ... with the Hudson's Bay Company . These ...
Page 231
... Company gov- ernor's undoubted business talents . ' In Simpson's canoe ... American Fur Company . Astor , a German immigrant who was to New York what ... American Fur Company and join their many compatriots among the Nor'Westers.20 ...
... Company gov- ernor's undoubted business talents . ' In Simpson's canoe ... American Fur Company . Astor , a German immigrant who was to New York what ... American Fur Company and join their many compatriots among the Nor'Westers.20 ...
Page 281
... American dream , 43 , 44 American Fur Company , 231 Andrew the Hebridean , 42 , 43 , 47 , 75 , 89 , 114 , 119 , 128 , 220 Anse au Foulon , 68 Appin , 55 , 181 Arctic Ocean , 151 , 154 , 155 , 157 Argyll , 30-33 , 36 , 134 , 141 Argyll ...
... American dream , 43 , 44 American Fur Company , 231 Andrew the Hebridean , 42 , 43 , 47 , 75 , 89 , 114 , 119 , 128 , 220 Anse au Foulon , 68 Appin , 55 , 181 Arctic Ocean , 151 , 154 , 155 , 157 Argyll , 30-33 , 36 , 134 , 141 Argyll ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
TWO What Then is the American This New Man? | 23 |
THREE A Hardy and Intrepid Race of Men | 49 |
Copyright | |
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