DeFoe's The Highland Rogue

[Bud]

Published while Rob Roy was very much in the land of the living, this book is always noted to be laced with myth and bogus history. Maybe so, but I would like to read it and judge for myself, or at least have a good read. I can't find it anywhere. I was hoping to get it on Gutenberg for free (fits my budget) or eBay or Amazon for a pittance. It is nowhere to be found. Does anyone know where I can find a copy of it?

Bud

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Are you sure that Defoe actually wrote a novel called "The Highland Rogue"? I only ask because that title does not seem to appear in any list of Defoe's work that I have been able to access via the internet.

[Paul Henry]

Do you mean the Disney Film called "Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue" which was loosely based on Walter Scott's "Rob Roy" ? IMDB Disney Film

[gordontaos]

I like to use www.addall.com to search for used books. I have not found any other online source as thorough or complete.They have many books titled "Highland Rogue", but none by DeFoe. Nor are there any books by that title when I did a search by author.

Good Luck!

[auld argonian]

Not that we trust Wikipedia but there's no mention of this title in the list of DeFoe's writings.

Best

AA

[Zardoz]

DeFoe was a prolific pamphleteer*, He wrote one about Rob Roy in 1723 called "Highland Rogue". So it wasn't a novel.

*a pamphlet is an unbound booklet without a hard cover or binding. It may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths.

[Morris at Heathfield]

While the work has been attributed to Daniel Defoe, the preface was signed "E. B.", which some have taken to refer to the less well-known Elias Bockett. Two versions of this work were published in mid-2010 by Gale ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online). I'm not sure exactly what the difference is, but one is titled The highland rog[ue: ] being a general history of the highlande[rs,] wherein is given an account of their country and manner of living, exemplified in the life of Robert Mac-Gregor, commonly called Rob-Roy. ..., and is 32 pages, while the other is titled The highland rogue: or, the memorable actions of the celebrated Robert Mac-Gregor, commonly called Rob-Roy. ..., and is 70 pages. Their ISBN numbers are 1140652680 and 1170113788, respectively, and they can be found on barnesandnoble.com and amazon.com, among others. I haven't purchased either one, so I can't vouch for their contents. The cover illustrations may give one pause. One is of ships in a harbor and the other is of a pair of locomotives at a station. I'm guessing the cover art was public domain and randomly selected to avoid paying for the services of a graphic designer.

[NorCalPiper]

Something of a side note-I just googled the Disney movie on youtube and saw a couple of scenes. It seems who ever did costuming in 1953 had some idea of tartan. MacGregor is wearing "MacGregor" tartan.......albeit modern. MacPhersons are wearing MacPherson, etc. They're even wearing belted style plaids and what looks to be matching cadagh (Although they might just be argyll hose with garters tied over the cuff). I think I'll check this one out.

[Bud]

I find that "The highland rogue : or, the memorable actions of the celebrated Robert Mac-Gregor, commonly called Rob-Roy. ..." is the one attributed to Defoe. It's the one with the train motif (???) on the cover.

Thank you all for your input. Can't stump the "X marks the Scot" crowd!

Bud

[Bud]

NorCalPiper, I read somewhere that dicing on the bonnet indicates Whiggery (support for the Hanoverians) as opposed to Jacobitism. If true, would it not apply also to hose?

Yes, I'm a Jacobite, complete with blue bonnet and white cockade, as were my Scots ancestors.