American History: C 1500 To C 1800
BIC code: HBKL
See also: History & Archaeology
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£17.50After The Hector: The Scottish Pioneers Of Nova Scotia And Cape Breton, 1733-1852 - - Paperback
Lucille Campey provides a fully documented and detailed account of the greatest early migrations of Scots to North America. She explains why Scots chose their different settlement locations in Nova Scotia and Cape Breton and provides detailed information and new insights relating to emigrant ship crossings and pioneer settlements. -
£16.99Blackbeard: America's Most Notorious Pirate - - Hardback
Blackbeard was one of the most fearsome pirates of his day. Konstam has produced the definitive biography of Blackbeard, from his pirate apprenticeship in the Caribbean to his gory death in a sea battle fought off North Carolina's Outer Banks. -
£12.99Caledonia's Last Stand: In Search Of The Lost Scots Of Darien - - Paperback
In 1698, a fleet landed on the isthmus of Darien to create a colony and launch a new Scottish trading empire. Eighteen months later, the colony had seen the loss of ten ships and cost the lives of over 2,000 people. Nat Edwards explores the real story behind the disastrous attempt at building a Scottish empire. -
£10.99The Darien Disaster - - Paperback
In the early 1700s, the Scottish parliament set out to establish a colony in America in defiance of the King and the hostility of the English. Three years later the Darien enterprise failed at the cost of 2000 men's lives and half the wealth of Scotland. -
£11.99Guilford Courthouse, 1781: Lord Cornwallis's Ruinous Victory - - Paperback
Ending British domination of the Southern colonies and setting in motion the chain of events that would end with the British surrender at Yorktown, Guilford Courthouse was a key battle in the American War of Independence. -
£11.99Highlander In The French-Indian War, 1756-67 - - Paperback
Colonial American historian Ian Macpherson McCulloch uses rare sources to bring to life the story of the three Scottish Highland regiments that operated in North America during the French and Indian War. -
£14.99Indian Peter: The Extraordinary Life And Adventures Of Peter Williamson - - Hardback
Peter Williamson was snatched from an Aberdeen quayside in 1740 and transported to the burgeoning American colonies to be sold into slavery. This is a true-life adventure of abduction, war and courtroom drama and an inspiring tale of courage, fortitude and one man's determination to survive against seemingly unsurmountable odds. -
£7.99Indian Peter: The Extraordinary Life And Adventures Of Peter Williamson - - Paperback
Peter Williamson was snatched from an Aberdeen quayside in 1740 and transported to the burgeoning American colonies to be sold into slavery. This is a true-life adventure of abduction, war and courtroom drama and an inspiring tale of courage, fortitude and one man's determination to survive against seemingly unsurmountable odds. -
£25.50In Search Of Ulster-Scots Land: The Birth And Geotheological Imagings Of A Transatlantic People, 1603-1703 - - Hardback
This is a cultural geographic view on Scots-Irish immigration from Ulster to the Bible Belt. Drawing insights from geography, history, social psychology, sociology, and theology, the text investigates the ways in which Scottish Calvinism affected the sense of identity and the migrations of native Scots first to Ulster and then to the American South. -
£18.99John Paul Jones: America's First Sea Warrior - - Hardback
Joseph Callo examines the life of John Paul Jones, attempting to avoid the hero worship of the past and the recent, inaccurate deconstructionalist views of his life. He establishes Jones as a key player in the American Revolution and explains what drove him to his achievements.