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In April 1735, twenty-year-old William MacGregor, possessing little more than a bottle of Scotch whiskey and a set of Shakespeare's plays, arrives in Charles Town, South Carolina, to make his fortune in the New World. The Scottish Highlands, while dear to his heart, were in steep economic decli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hudson, Charles M.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Scots.
Indian traders.
Fur trade.
Cherokee Indians.
FICTION > General.
Commerçants aupres des Indiens d'Amerique > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Cherokee (Indiens) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Fourrures > Commerce > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Écossais > Caroline du Sud > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Indian traders > Fiction.
Cherokee Indians > Fiction.
Fur trade > Fiction.
Scots > South Carolina > Fiction.
South Carolina.
Caroline du Sud > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Periode coloniale) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
South Carolina > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.
History.
Fiction.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In April 1735, twenty-year-old William MacGregor, possessing little more than a bottle of Scotch whiskey and a set of Shakespeare's plays, arrives in Charles Town, South Carolina, to make his fortune in the New World. The Scottish Highlands, while dear to his heart, were in steep economic decline and hopelessly entangled in dangerous political intrigue. With an uncle in Carolina, the long ocean voyage seemed his best chance for a new start. He soon discovers that the Jacobite politics of Scotland extend to Carolina, and when his mouth gets him in trouble with the Charles Town locals, dimming h.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 pages): map.
ISBN:9780817382407

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