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Dance Called America Paperback – 15 Sep 1995

by James Hunter (Author)

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This is an account of what happened to the thousands of people who left the Scottish Highlands to make a new life in the United States and Canada. The book evaluates the impact of people from the Highlands on the New World. It is the story of how soldiers, explorers, fur traders, lumberjacks, guerilla fighters, railway builders, and pioneer settlers from the northern part of Scotland contributed to the United States and Canada.

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Mainstream; Reprint edition (15 September 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781851588077
ISBN-13: 978-1851588077
ASIN: 1851588078
Product Dimensions: 15 x 2.3 x 23.1 cm
Boxed-product Weight: 358 g
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 125,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #14 in Books > Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences > Politics & Government > Specific Topics > Native Issues
- #55 in Books > History > Americas > United States > Immigrants
- #107 in Books > History > Americas > Canada

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STEVEN K. LANE

excellent pre-Revolutionary war history of New England and Canadian territory.

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As a history book, this has a lot of information regarding that period of the 13 colonies just prior to the War of Independence in 1776. A period of history that not much has been written about. Was surprised to find out how much Scottish influence is in the Canadian territory to the north of New England. Was also surprised to find Scots were fighting on both sides, English and Patriot during the Revolutionary War. The book is written in a style I am not used to so it isn't an easy (or fast) read for me. But is does explain what happened to many of the Scottish families that left the Highlands after the battle at Cullendon. I am only half way through the book at this point but am learning many things about how the Scots have influenced American life.

Shawn

A new sense of pride and understanding

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A dance called America by James Hunter is a gem to read. This is the story of the highlanders in America after the clearances. So much of Scottish Highland history books ends with the 1745 and clearances. But after the glens were cleared, where did the people go.

Mr. Hunter answers this question and more. In this book, he explains the highland impact on the North American continent. He first tells of the Darien settlement in Georgia and Cape Fear in North Carolina. As the Clan Chiefs focused less on leading the clans and more on renting their land to sheep herders, the Tacksmen or gentry of the clans began to lead many of the displaced people to found these new colonies in the Americas.

He goes on to explain the settlement of the Mohawk Valley in New York State and the continued migration north after the American Revolution to Glengarry in Ontario.

As the clearances continued, clansmen moved to Cape Breton Island and we learn about the involvement of Thomas Douglas, Earl of Selkirk in the new colonies. He strove to help poor highlanders struggling in the coastal crofts of Scotland to settle in his new Red River Colony in what is today modern Manitoba, Canada.

As Mr. Hunter explains, these Highlanders' success and failures in America, we see the rise of the North West Fur Company and the Hudson Bay Company, which were rivals and dominated by Scots. As these two giants merge into one, we see a Canadian, John A. Macdonald, rise and work with other Highlanders and Canadian Americans of Scottish roots to help forge the lands including Red River, Glengarry, and Cape Breton Island into the nation of Canada.

The legacy of the victims of the Highland clearances is the success of the new nations that were helped in building by the clansmen and their descendents in America and Canada.

Mr. Hunter gives a richly detailed account of these lands and the men who created and lived there. James Hunter not only tells the tales, but he gives his own personal accounts of visiting these areas, cities, and lands of today to help us actually visualize the environment through his vivid descriptions.

A dance called America is a must for anyone interested in Scottish history and the Scots impact on the world. My Grandmother was a McDonald and this book helps me to understand her pride in being of Scottish blood and passing that pride and understanding to me. Thank you Mr. Hunter.

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Sassenach

How the Mac got into America

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A fascinating account of how the greed of Scottish Highland clan chiefs in thre 18th and 19th centuries turned them into grasping landlords, and how, as a result great swathes of North America are peopled with folk whose name starts with "Mac".

Did you know that there was an early settlement of Gaelic speakers in North Carolina ? In Mohawk Valley in NY state? That Cape Breton Island is another "Nova Scotia"? Or that a whole area called Glengarry exists in the province of Quebec? That the two great fur trading companies of Canada were both founded and run by Highlanders and their families - nepotism being the rule ?
I knew that British Columbia only became part of Canada because the Canadian Pacific Railway was built, but I did not know the central role played by Highlander businessmen and their finance in its construction. I knew that there was a town called Selkirk near Winnipeg because I'd flown over it and driven through it 60 years ago - but I did not know that this is a legacy of the initiative of the Earl of Selkirk to finance the immigration of Highlanders into his Red River colony, before Manitoba was thought of - or that they got there by walking from Hudson's Bay.

Nor did I know how widespread Gaelic language-speakers were on the North American continent, and for how long the language lasted as a first language in many parts.

All these stories Hunter weaves together in a thoroughly researched and interesting narrative. More interesting perhaps to readers who know something of both Scotland and North America, so don't need maps to keep them straight. Like me.

Sassenach of Fife.

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S. Franklin

Gift idea for Outlander fans.

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I purchased this book as a gift for an Outlander (Diana Gabeldon) fan since I couldn't find anything else Outlander-related (I previously bought the charm bracelet for this person). It went over very well. 'Can't vouch for the book itself as I haven't read it yet, nor has the recipient.

Donald J. Mcdonald

Great book

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I highly recommend this book to anyone with Scottish Highland ancestry. It tells a story of great courage and how they came to the United States for opportunities not available in Europe.

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