Name: Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector
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Author: MacKay, Donald
ISBN: 9781896219127

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Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector

Type

Physical Book

Author

Donald MacKay

Publisher

Natural Heritage Books

Language

English

Pages

280

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.33 kg.

ISBN

1896219128

ISBN13

9781896219127

Synopsis "Scotland Farewell: The People of the Hector"

This is the story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector. These intrepid emigrants came for many reasons: the famine of the previous spring, pressures of population growth, intolerable rent increases, trouble with the law, the hunger of landless men to own land of their own. Upon arrival at Pictou, after an appalling storm-tossed crossing, they found they had been deceived. The promised prime farming land turned out to be virgin forest. Only the kindness of the Mi'kmaq and the few New Englanders already settled there enabled them to survive until they learned how to exploit the forests and clear land. But survive they did, and their prosperity encouraged shiploads of emigrants, many fellow clansmen, to join them, making northeastern Nova Scotia a true New Scotland.

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