Son of a Highlander By Alistair MacLeod Hardcover 1514442817 9781514442814 Fiction Son of a Highlander Son of a Highlander is the true story of the author, a third generation Australian of Scottish Highland descent discovering his ancestral history over eight generations, from father to son. This is a search for authenticity of a verbal story handed down over a two hundred year period, along with a 1797 penny and a collection of photos and correspondence that are one hundred years old, which were from his late grandfather’s old tattered leather case. The author descended from the Clan MacLeod—Clan meaning “Children in Scottish Gaelic,” Mac meaning “son in Gaelic,” and the Leod derived from the Viking era; it basically means “children of the son of Leod.” The family originated from a small two acre semisubsistent existence on the Isle of Skye in far western Scotland. The Macleod Clan was once a warrior race that feuded with neighboring clans in the most bloodiest of warfare. A clan system of traditions and culture that lasted hundreds of years that eventually came to an end with the notorious Highland Clearance, whereby thousands of people were evicted from their lands and replaced by sheep. With the mass exodus of people, some forcibly left while others left in desperation. This book is the history of one Highland family who survived a dangerous sailing journey to Australia only to continue their struggle against adversity on foreign soil. A search for the whereabouts of a Gaelic speaking great great grandfather to discover he was sent to an island off the Australian coast, where he eventually died and was buried in a pauper’s grave along with 8,500 souls, whose only crime was that they were poor. This book is a must read for anyone wishing to trace their own ancestral history. It will inspire you and encourage you toward your own personal voyage of discovery.

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Son of a Highlander is the true story of the author a third generation Australian of Scottish Highland descent discovering his ancestral history over eight generations from father to son This is a search for authenticity of a verbal story handed down over a two hundred year period along with a 1797 penny and a collection of photos and correspondence that are one hundred years old which were from his late grandfather s old tattered leather case The author descended from the Clan MacLeod Clan meaning Children in Scottish Gaelic Mac meaning son in Gaelic and the Leod derived from the Viking era it basically means children of the son of Leod The family originated from a small two acre semisubsistent existence on the Isle of Skye in far western Scotland The Macleod Clan was once a warrior race that feuded with neighboring clans in the most bloodiest of warfare A clan system of traditions and culture that lasted hundreds of years that eventually came to an end with the notorious Highland Clearance whereby thousands of people were evicted from their lands and replaced by sheep With the mass exodus of people some forcibly left while others left in desperation This book is the history of one Highland family who survived a dangerous sailing journey to Australia only to continue their struggle against adversity on foreign soil A search for the whereabouts of a Gaelic speaking great great grandfather to discover he was sent to an island off the Australian coast where he eventually died and was buried in a pauper s grave along with 8500 souls whose only crime was that they were poor This book is a must read for anyone wishing to trace their own ancestral history It will inspire you and encourage you toward your own personal voyage of discovery Son of a Highlander

Son of a Highlander By Alistair MacLeod

1514442817

9781514442814

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When MacLeod was ten his family moved to a farm in Dunvegan Inverness County on Nova Scotias Cape Breton Island After completing high school MacLeod attended teachers college in Truro and then taught school He studied at St Francis Xavier University between 1957 and 1960 and graduated with a BA and B. Book on highland cows Ed He then went on to receive his MA in 1961 from the University of New Brunswick and his PhD in 1968 from the University of Notre Dame A specialist in British literature of the nineteenth century MacLeod taught English for three years at Indiana University before accepting a post in 1969 at the University of Windsor as professor of English and creative writing During the summer his family resided in Cape Breton where he spent part When MacLeod was ten his family moved to a farm in Dunvegan Inverness County on Nova Scotia s Cape Breton Island After completing high school MacLeod attended teacher s college in Truro and then taught school He studied at St Francis Xavier University between 1957 and 1960 and graduated with a BA and B. Book on highland cows Ed He then went on to receive his MA in 1961 from the University of New Brunswick and his PhD in 1968 from the University of Notre Dame A specialist in British literature of the nineteenth century MacLeod taught English for three years at Indiana University before accepting a post in 1969 at the University of Windsor as professor of English and creative writing During the summer his family resided in Cape Breton where he spent part of his time writing in a cliff top cabin looking west towards Prince Edward Island Wikipedia site_link.