Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
by James Webb
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- ISBN 13
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Newspaper clippings taped inside front wrap and inside Back wrap and BLEP about the author. Underlining throughout but neatly, Tinge of toning, bit remains a strong, acceptable book. Wraps display minor surface/edge wear as shown.
About the book: More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the border between England and Scotland, and later in the bitter settlements of Englands Ulster Plantation in Northern Ireland. Between 250,000 and 400,000 Scots-Irish migrated to America in the eighteenth century, traveling in groups of families and bringing with them not only long experience as rebels and outcasts but also unparalleled skills as frontiersmen and guerrilla fighters. Their cultural identity reflected acute individualism, dislike of aristocracy and a military tradition, and, over time, the Scots-Irish defined the attitudes and values of the military, of working class America, and even of the peculiarly populist form of American democracy itself.
Born Fighting is the first book to chronicle the full journey of this remarkable cultural group, and the profound, but unrecognized, role it has played in the shaping of America. Written with the storytelling verve that has earned his works such acclaim as captivating . . . unforgettable (the Wall Street Journal on Lost Soliders), Scots-Irishman James Webb, Vietnam combat veteran and former Naval Secretary, traces the history of his people, beginning nearly two thousand years ago at Hadrians Wall, when the nation of Scotland was formed north of the Wall through armed conflict in contrast to Englands formation to the south through commerce and trade. Webb recounts the Scots odyssey their clashes with the English in Scotland and then in Ulster, their retreat from one war-ravaged land to another. Through engrossing chronicles of the challenges the Scots-Irish faced, Webb vividly portrays how they developed the qualities that helped settle the American frontier and define the American character.
Born Fighting shows that the Scots-Irish were 40 percent of the Revolutionary War army; they included the pioneers Daniel Boone, Lewis and Clark, Davy Crockett, and Sam Houston; they were the writers Edgar Allan Poe and Mark Twain; and they have given America numerous great military leaders, including Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Audie Murphy, and George S. Patton, as well as most of the soldiers of the Confederacy (only 5 percent of whom owned slaves, and who fought against what they viewed as an invading army). It illustrates how the Scots-Irish redefined American politics, creating the populist movement and giving the country a dozen presidents, including Andrew Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. And it explores how the Scots-Irish culture of isolation, hard luck, stubbornness, and mistrust of the nations elite formed and still dominates blue-collar America, the military services, the Bible Belt, and country music.
Insurance & handling is included free. Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Overs-Size and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will advise. Written 11.20.2023SG #7372.112523 Biblio 11.25.2023 Img.8998
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Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America is a book by Jim Webb published in 2004. It is an history of the Scots-Irish in the United States. Webb maintains that Scots-Irish attitudes form the bedrock of American society, especially among the working class. Webb details the history of many US Presidents of Scots-Irish ancestry.
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- Title
- Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America
- Author
- James Webb
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback,
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed. 3rd Prtg
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0767916891
- ISBN 13
- 9780767916899
- Publisher
- Broadway Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 369+6
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