DRIV'N BY FORTUNE
THE SCOTS' MARCH TO MODERNITY
IN AMERICA, 1745-1812
The 78th Fraser Highlanders
by Sam Allison
Dundurn Publishing, 2015
ISBN: 9781459722033
[From the publisher]. The remarkable story of the men of the 78th Fraser's Highlanders moves from the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland, through the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution, to the War of 1812.
Simon Fraser, chief of the Clan Fraser of Lovat, raised the 78th Highlanders, a regiment that played a major role in defeating the French on the Plains of Abraham. Driv'n by Fortune tackles the myths embedded in nationalistic history and in fictional accounts of these Highland soldiers-settlers who brought the Scottish Enlightenment to North America.
The impact of the 78th Fraser's Highlanders, which extended far beyond Scotland and the Canada of their times, is finally being told.
Author
SAM ALLISON was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1968. He taught history at the high school level and at McGill University's Faculty of Education. Sam served on numerous committees for Quebec's Ministry of Education, and has written educational books, articles, and websites. He resides in Brossard, Quebec.
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SAM ALLISON was born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1968. He taught history at the high school level and at McGill University's Faculty of Education. Sam served on numerous committees for Quebec's Ministry of Education, and has written educational books, articles, and websites. He resides in Brossard, Quebec.
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