Scottish-American History

[Kid Cossack]

Here are three to start off with:

Hewitson, Jim. Tam Blake & Co.: the story of the Scots in America. Edinburgh: Canongate, 1993.

Hunter, James. A Dance called America: the Scottish Highlands, the United States, and Canada. Edinburgh: Mainstream, 1995.

Szasz, Fernec M. Scots in the North American West, 1790-1917. Norman: University of Oklahoma, 2000.

Regards,

Todd

And if I could weave together a bit, only in the dance called America would we have a Hungarian (Ferenc is a Hungarian name, isn't it?) writing about Scots in the North American West!

[macwilkin]

Yep, Professor Szasz is a Hungarian; in his introduction he discusses this fact, and mentions that his only real connection to Scotland is the fact that he's a Presbyterian.

Still, it's one of the best books I have read on the Scottish immigrant experience. It is in my "top 5" favorite book list.

T.