God's Frontiersmen: The Scots-Irish Epic
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Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good — jacket protected by mylar sleeve, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure.
From the rugged hills of Ulster to the untamed frontiers of the New World, God's Frontiersmen: The Scots-Irish Epic chronicles the remarkable story of one of history's most tenacious and overlooked peoples — the Scots-Irish. Rory Fitzpatrick traces the journey of these Presbyterian dissenters who, driven by persecution and poverty, crossed the Atlantic in their thousands to carve out a new destiny in colonial America, becoming the backbone of frontier life and shaping the very character of a nation. Their story is one of faith, defiance, and relentless ambition, stretching from the Scottish Lowlands and the plantations of Ireland to the Appalachian wilderness and beyond. Fitzpatrick's narrative illuminates the outsized influence this diaspora exerted on American culture, politics, and identity — producing presidents, soldiers, and revolutionaries who left an indelible mark on the republic they helped forge. Written with the sweep of an epic and the precision of a historian, the work argues that the Scots-Irish are not merely a footnote in Anglo-American history, but its very sinew. For readers of migration, identity, and the making of the modern West, this is an essential and revelatory account that begs the question: how different might America have been without them?
Author: Rory Fitzpatrick
Format: Hardback
Published: 1989, Peribo, Sydney
Genre: American history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good — jacket protected by mylar sleeve, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure.
From the rugged hills of Ulster to the untamed frontiers of the New World, God's Frontiersmen: The Scots-Irish Epic chronicles the remarkable story of one of history's most tenacious and overlooked peoples — the Scots-Irish. Rory Fitzpatrick traces the journey of these Presbyterian dissenters who, driven by persecution and poverty, crossed the Atlantic in their thousands to carve out a new destiny in colonial America, becoming the backbone of frontier life and shaping the very character of a nation. Their story is one of faith, defiance, and relentless ambition, stretching from the Scottish Lowlands and the plantations of Ireland to the Appalachian wilderness and beyond. Fitzpatrick's narrative illuminates the outsized influence this diaspora exerted on American culture, politics, and identity — producing presidents, soldiers, and revolutionaries who left an indelible mark on the republic they helped forge. Written with the sweep of an epic and the precision of a historian, the work argues that the Scots-Irish are not merely a footnote in Anglo-American history, but its very sinew. For readers of migration, identity, and the making of the modern West, this is an essential and revelatory account that begs the question: how different might America have been without them?