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      By Moffat, Alistair, 1950-
       2010., Thames & Hudson Call No: SC 929.2 M695h    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: A compelling and beautifully illustrated history of Scottish clans and their leaders.The Highland clans of Scotland are famous, the names celebrated, and the deeds heroic. Having clung to ancient traditions of family, loyalty, and valor for centuries, the clans met the beginning of their end at the fateful battle at Culloden in 1746. The great emigrations to North America and elsewhere began, and clansmen and women disappeared into the streets of the world's cities.Alistair Moffat traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans; from Somerled the Viking to Robert the Bruce; from the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Risings; and from the Clearances to the present day.These are the stories of great leaders and famous battles. They are also the stories of an extraordinary people, shaped by the unique traditions and landscape of the Highlands of Scotland. Moffat is an adept guide to the world of the clans, a world dominated by lineage, land, and community. Names were crucially important in this world: more than mere labels, names were also addresses, linking people to the map of northern Scotland. Even today the power of the ancient clan names persists, drawing many of the children of the scattered diaspora back to this rugged corner of the world. Special features include a clan map and a list of clan names. 35 color and 51 black-and-white photographs and illustrations.
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      By McNie, Alan
       Cascade Publishing Co Call No: NEW 929.1 M169c    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Your Clan HeritageSummary Note: This book depicts a gripping-often grim-clan struggle set paradoxically amongst some of the world's most stunning scenery. The centuries are pushed back to chronicle the clan's exciting past. Giving visual impetus to this saga are numerous period illustrations-printed in sepia. These enchanting clan mementoes painstakingly capture the subject in hand with loving care. Clan maps-with a period setting-help clarify clan territory and its illustrious moments. Also the lives of some notable clansmen-spanning the centuries and continents-are proudly portrayed. The most vital pictorial elements in the clan's heritage are splendidly illustrated in full colour, as well as the clan tartans. Associated names are given prominence. .
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      By McNie, Alan
       Cascade Publishing Co Call No: NEW 929.1 M169c    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Your Clan HeritageSummary Note: This book depicts a gripping-often grim-clan struggle set paradoxically amongst some of the world's most stunning scenery. The centuries are pushed back to chronicle the clan's exciting past. Giving visual impetus to this saga are numerous period illustrations-printed in sepia. These enchanting clan mementoes painstakingly capture the subject in hand with loving care. Clan maps-with a period setting-help clarify clan territory and its illustrious moments. Also the lives of some notable clansmen-spanning the centuries and continents-are proudly portrayed. The most vital pictorial elements in the clan's heritage are splendidly illustrated in full colour, as well as the clan tartans. Associated names are given prominence. .
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      By McNie, Alan
       Cascade Publishing Co Call No: NEW 929.1 M169c    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Your Clan HeritageSummary Note: This book depicts a gripping-often grim-clan struggle set paradoxically amongst some of the world's most stunning scenery. The centuries are pushed back to chronicle the clan's exciting past. Giving visual impetus to this saga are numerous period illustrations-printed in sepia. These enchanting clan mementoes painstakingly capture the subject in hand with loving care. Clan maps-with a period setting-help clarify clan territory and its illustrious moments. Also the lives of some notable clansmen-spanning the centuries and continents-are proudly portrayed. The most vital pictorial elements in the clan's heritage are splendidly illustrated in full colour, as well as the clan tartans. Associated names are given prominence. .
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      By MacLeod, Alistair
       2015., Xlibris Call No: SC Bio M165s    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: 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 grandfathers old tattered leather case. The author descended from the Clan MacLeodClan 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 paupers 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.