Scotland farewell : the people of the Hector / Donald MacKay.
TITLE:
Scotland farewell : the people of the Hector / Donald MacKay.
Publication Date:
1980
Publication Information:
Toronto : McGraw-Hill Ryerson,
Physical Description:
229 p. : ill.
Subject Term:
Summary:
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780070923782
