The Scots in Early Georgia

[KFCarter]

One more:

Anthony W. Parker, Scottish Highlanders in Colonial Georgia: The Recruitment, Emigration, and Settlement at Darien, 1735-1748 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1997).

What would you prefer -- essays or short-answer identification? :mrgreen:

T.

Essays... on the theory, if you can't dazzle them with brilliance then baffle them with

It's off to Amazon I go!!

btw, would you know a title that relates to the original Darien Expedition to the Isthmus of Panama?

[macwilkin]

Essays... on the theory, if you can't dazzle them with brilliance then baffle them with

It's off to Amazon I go!!

btw, would you know a title that relates to the original Darien Expedition to the Isthmus of Panama?

"Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire" by John Prebble.

T.

[macwilkin]

I posted this link to the Spencer Collection at the U. of Glasgow Library already in the Caledonia tartan thread, but since a request was made for information on the Darien Scheme, I thought I'd post it again:

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/may2005.html

Regards,

Todd

[KFCarter]

"Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire" by John Prebble.

T.

I posted this link to the Spencer Collection at the U. of Glasgow Library already in the Caledonia tartan thread, but since a request was made for information on the Darien Scheme, I thought I'd post it again:

http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/may2005.html

Regards,

Todd

Thanks very much for those!
I love it when I've got books stacked up on my night table like flights over O'Hare. These titles should keep me out of trouble for at least a little while.

best

Ken

[Coinneach]

These titles should keep me out of trouble for at least a little while.

I don't think we should count on it, though.

Cheers!

[KFCarter]

I don't think we should count on it, though.

Cheers!

Hey there, Coinneach! Good to hear from you; wish you were going to be able to join us for the Games!

best
Ken

[Coinneach]

I wish I were, too. I must make a note to schedule my visits around the games and other local events. I'll be watching for all the photos!

[KFCarter]

"Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire" by John Prebble.

T.

The book is on it's way, as are the Calloway and Parker titles. Thanks again for the recommendations!!

[macwilkin]

The book is on it's way, as are the Calloway and Parker titles. Thanks again for the recommendations!!

You're most welcome; I'll be especially curious to get your take on Calloway's book.

T.

[KFCarter]

You're most welcome; I'll be especially curious to get your take on Calloway's book.

T.

I'm about halfway through the Parker book and the Calloway and Prebble arrived in good order and are next in line.

It's been a fascinating and enlightening read so far... a far more complex and nuanced view of the conditions in the Highlands that made them a good recruiting ground for prospective colonists and a much more detailed explanation of the development of not only Darien, but other strong points in the area... Oglethorpe's use of them militarily and diplomatically... all of it filling in lots of blanks in my understanding. I'd recommend the read to anyone... thanks for recommending it to me!