Ebook: Born fighting: how the Scots-Irish shaped America

Pt. 1. Rulers and rednecks. Big Moccasin Gap -- The radical individualists -- pt. 2. The making of a people -- and a nation. Hadrian's Wall -- Tribalism versus feudalism : the Celtic tie of kinship -- Braveheart -- Bannockburn -- pt. 3. The Ulster Scots. The Ulster plantation -- Border warriors -- and Bible beaters -- The problem children of Ulster -- Londonderry. The Boyne. Exodus -- pt. 4. The spirit of a revolution. Roots -- Pioneers and radicals -- Preachers and warriors -- pt. 5. Rise and fall : the heart of the South. Westward, ho -- Old Hickory -- The winds of war -- Attack and die -- pt. 6. Reconstruction. Diaspora. Reeducation? The mess the Yankees made -- Fight. Sing. Drink. Pray -- Poor but proud -- and stubborn as hell -- Hillbilly highways -- pt. 7. Refections : the unspeakable circle. Glad soldiers, accidental scholars -- The invisible people -- Rites of passage : the legacy of Camel Six -- Kensett, Arkansas.;Traces the history and influence of the Scots-Irish in America, following their odyssey from their native Scotland, through their settlement in Northern Ireland, to their migration to America in the eighteenth century.