The Scots-Irish in the Shenandoah Valley (Scots-Irish Chronicles)
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Book Description
Absorbing stories of a race of people who created the civilization in the American wilderness and helped lay the solid foundations for the greatest nation on earth. The Scots-Irish Presbyterians settled in the American frontier during with the 18th century were a unique breed of people with an independent spirit which boldly challenged the arbitrary powers of monarchs and established the church.
About the Author
Billy Kennedy, a native of County Armagh, Northern Ireland, has been a leading journalist for the past thirty years, occupying the roles of news editor, assistant editor, and leader writer for the Belfast News Letter, the primary morning newspaper in Northern Ireland. He is now a freelance journalist, author, and public relations consultant, combining news, features, business, and sports coverage in Northern Ireland for the national press and media outlets in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. On his regular visits to the United States, he lectures on the subject of the Scots-Irish diaspora at universities, colleges, historical and genealogical societies and public authorities in cities and towns of the southeastern American states.
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The Scots-Irish in the Shenandoah Valley (Scots-Irish Chronicles),Billy Kennedy,Emerald House Group,1898787697,Ethnology,History - General History,Social Science,Sociology,United States - State & Local - General,History of specific racial & ethnic groups,Immigrants,Ireland,Irish Americans,Scotland,Scots-Irish,Scottish Americans,Shenandoah River Valley (Va. a,Social history,USA
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