The packhorseman

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0817382402
ISBN: 9780817382407
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 266 pages) : map.
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Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Acknowledgments; 1. Highland Born; 2. The Indian Trade; 3. Charles Town; 4. How to Pack a Horse; 5. Jim-Bird; 6. The Road North; 7. MacDonald's Cowpen; 8. Border Country; 9. Macbeth; 10. Keowee; 11. The Trading House; 12. Otter Queen; 13. Marriage Bed; 14. Verona; 15. Cause of Death; 16. Tugalo; 17. How to Skin a Deer; 18. Uktena; 19. Bloody Mouth; 20. The Devil's Piss; 21. "The Sun for Sorrow Will Not Show His Head"; 22. Do Witches Exist?; 23. Just Sing; Notes; Selected References.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.