Frontier Scots

[COScotsman]

Been reading a book on dealing with the Scottish influence on the settling of the American West entitled "Frontier Scots: The Scots who won the West" by Jenni Calder. Not finished with it yet but it is interesting for filling in the gap in the history of the West.

[ShaunMaxwell]

The Scots were certainly instrumental in settling Texas, as they were among the first wave of immigrants. The profound influence they had on early Texas is apparent from the names of many of our cities and counties... Houston, Dallas, Austin, Bowie (Buidhe), etc.

Sounds like an interesting read!

SM

[Nick the DSM]

Is it mainly Scots or Scots-Irish settlers?

[COScotsman]

So far, it is all Scots.

[BuchananBiker]

This sounds like a dang good read.... and gives me an excuse to grab my flintlock and a great kilt and go ranging....

[Urbane Guerrilla]

This sounds like a dang good read.... and gives me an excuse to grab my flintlock and a great kilt and go ranging....

The Rovin' Dies Hard, then? Verse two:

I'm Callum McLean, I'm a trapper by trade
And it's forty long years since I saw Tobermory
Through Canada's forests I've carried my blade (plaid? That's how I hear it)
And the pine trees could tell you my story.
Now my wandering days they are over
But I'm thankful to still be alive
For I've many's the kinsman who died in the hulks
At the end of the bold forty-five.
I've an Indian lass and I'll never deceive her
But there's nights when I'd up with my gun and I'd leave her
For the land where the bear and the fox and the beaver are lord
For the rovin' dies hard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qZZ01RFf_Q

[Ian.MacAllan]

[QUOTE=WYScotsman;1125295]. . . "Frontier Scots: The Scots who won the West" by Jenni Calder. . . ./QUOTE]
Any chance you can post the ISBN, publisher & date?


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[COScotsman]

Here is the info you wanted:

• Publisher: Luath Press Limited (May 1, 2010)
• ISBN-10: 1906307997
• ISBN-13: 978-1906307998

Here is the Amazon page for it: http://www.amazon.com/Frontier-Scots...frontier+scots

Hope that helps.

[macwilkin]

I haven't read this particular book by Mrs. Calder (her late father, btw, was David Daiches, the noted Burnsian and son of the Chief Rabbi of Edinburgh), but I can also recommend a similar book by the late Fernec Szasz, Scots in the North American West, 1790-1917, from the University of Oklahoma Press (2000). Dr. Szasz also published a fascinating book about the connection between Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns in 2009.

T.

[COScotsman]

Do you know the title of the Lincoln/Burns text?