Lost in the backwoods : Scots and the North American wilderness / Jenni Calder.

By:

Calder, Jenni [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780748647408
9781299701601
9780748689279

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

E49 .L678 2013

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Contents:

The never-ending forest -- Desperate undertakings -- Glorious independence -- Future prospects and present sacrifice -- Treasures of the forest, the field and the mine -- Regions of adventure -- The hope of the world?

Summary: Drawing on journals, emigrant guides, memoirs, letters, poetry and fiction, this book examines patterns of survival, defeat adaptation and response in North America's harshest landscapes.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Scotland's hard country -- The never-ending forest -- Desperate undertakings -- Glorious independence -- Future prospects and present sacrifice -- Treasures of the forest, the field and the mine -- Regions of adventure -- The hope of the world?

Drawing on journals, emigrant guides, memoirs, letters, poetry and fiction, this book examines patterns of survival, defeat adaptation and response in North America's harshest landscapes.

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