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Driv'n by Fortune: The Scots' March to Modernity in America, 1745-1812 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781459722033)
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xA provocative account of the 78th Fraser's Highlanders and its crucial place in history.
The remarkable story of the men of the 78th Fraser's Highlanders moves from the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland, through the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, to the War of 1812.
Simon Fraser, chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat, raised the 78th Highlanders, a regiment that played a major role in defeating the French on the Plains of Abraham. Driv'n by Fortune tackles the myths embedded in nationalistic history and in fictional accounts of these Highland soldier-settlers who brought the Scottish Enlightenment to North America.
The impact of the 78th Fraser's Highlanders, which extended far beyond Scotland and the Canada of their times, is finally being told.
Author: Sam Allison
ISBN-10: 1459722035
ISBN-13: 9781459722033
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2015
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
The remarkable story of the men of the 78th Fraser's Highlanders moves from the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland, through the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, to the War of 1812.
Simon Fraser, chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat, raised the 78th Highlanders, a regiment that played a major role in defeating the French on the Plains of Abraham. Driv'n by Fortune tackles the myths embedded in nationalistic history and in fictional accounts of these Highland soldier-settlers who brought the Scottish Enlightenment to North America.
The impact of the 78th Fraser's Highlanders, which extended far beyond Scotland and the Canada of their times, is finally being told.
Author: Sam Allison
ISBN-10: 1459722035
ISBN-13: 9781459722033
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2015
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
By Sam Allison
xSam Allison was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1968. He taught history at the high school level and at McGill University's Faculty of Education. Sam served on numerous committees for Quebec's Ministry of Education, and has written educational books, articles, and websites. He was the 2016 recipient of the Gordon Atkinson Memorial Prize in Highland Military History. He lives in Brossard, Quebec.
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