The Scotch-Irish
Subtitle: a social history.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
Subjects: Scots-Irish -- United States.; Scots -- Ireland.; Scotland -- Social conditions.
Description: Dispelling much of what he terms the "mythology" of the Scotch-Irish, James Leyburn provides an absorbing account of their heritage. He traces their life in Scotland, when the essentials of their character and culture were shaped; their removal to Northern Ireland; and their successive migrations to America, where many settled in the backcountry of Pennsylvania, Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia, before joining the flow of pioneers westward in the wake of the Revolutionary War.
Notes: Bibliography: p.[354]-372.