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Ever since they first set foot in the new world alongside the Viking explorers, the Scots have left their mark. In this entertaining and informative book, histo
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An exciting account of the origins of the modern world Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capital
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In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist James Webb tells the epic story of the Scots-Irish, a people whose lives and worldview were dictated by re
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Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785
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Before 1650, only a few hundred Scots had trickled into the American colonies, but by the early 1770s the number had risen to 10,000 per year. A conservative es