Flight of the Highlanders : the making of Canada /
Bestselling author Ken McGoogan tells the story of those courageous Scots who, ruthlessly evicted from their ancestral homelands, were sent to Canada in coffin ships, where they would battle hardship, hunger and even murderous persecution. McGoogan intertwines two main narratives. The first is that...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | Bestselling author Ken McGoogan tells the story of those courageous Scots who, ruthlessly evicted from their ancestral homelands, were sent to Canada in coffin ships, where they would battle hardship, hunger and even murderous persecution. McGoogan intertwines two main narratives. The first is that of the Clearances themselves, during which some 200,000 Highlanders were driven from lands occupied by their forefathers for hundreds of years. The second narrative focuses on resettlement. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-326) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443452595 1443452599 |