God's Frontiersmen
God's Frontiersmen

Author: Rory Fitzpatrick

Publisher: Peribo Pty, Limited

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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The Ulster Scots came to the north of Ireland in the 17th century and today constitute the dominant strain among Ulster Protestants. They brought with them their Calvanist beliefs, a stern work ethic and a fiercely independent spirit. Religious discrimination led thousands of them to cross the Atlantic, where many became famous names in American history, including Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, the Gettys and Mellons.

Betsy Gray Or Hearts of Down
Betsy Gray Or Hearts of Down

Author: W G Lyttle

Publisher: Books Ulster

Published: 2015-04-26

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9781910375211

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More than two centuries after the 1798 rebellion in Ireland the legend of Betsy Gray still refuses to die. The story remains as compelling as ever. In the company of her brother George, and her lover, Willy Boal, she is reputed to have ridden into the Battle of Ballynahinch wearing a green silk dress and brandishing a brightly burnished sword; but who she really was, where she came from, or even if she ever existed at all, are questions of contention yet. Whereas W. G. Lyttle's novel "Betsy Gray," first published in 1888, is not entirely historical, the author was evidently convinced of her identity and that she came from Gransha, near Bangor, County Down. Whatever the truth, his account of events in the area before, during and after the rising, based largely on interviews he conducted with locals whose relatives had suffered in it, continues to grip the imagination today. This new edition includes an introduction to the author and his work, an essay on the legend of Betsy Gray, additional footnotes and a glossary of words used in the dialogue.

The Wallace
The Wallace

Author: Anne McKim

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Published: 2003-08-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1580444024

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The Wallace catalogs the sheer brutality of war. We are regaled with such detailed accounts of the sacking of towns and the burning down of buildings full of screaming inhabitants that the smells and sounds, as well as the terrible sights, of war are graphically conveyed in language which seems designed not only to express Wallace's rage and Hary's antipathy but also to incite hatred of the English in his readers.

Dear Enemy
Dear Enemy

Author: Jean Webster

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2022-01-04

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13:

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Dear Enemy is the sequel to novel Daddy-Long-Legs and follows the story of Sallie McBride, Judy Abbott's classmate and best friend in Daddy-Long-Legs. Dear Enemy shows how Sallie McBride grows from a frivolous socialite to a mature woman and an able executive. It also follows the development of Sallie's relationships with Gordon Hallock, a wealthy politician, and Dr. Robin MacRae, the orphanage's physician, (to whom Sallie addresses her letters: "Dear Enemy"). Both relationships are affected by Sallie's initial reluctance to commit herself to her job, and by her gradual realization of how happy the work makes her and how incomplete she'd feel without it.

Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust

Author: William Faulkner

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2011-05-18

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0307792188

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A classic Faulkner novel which explores the lives of a family of characters in the South. An aging black who has long refused to adopt the black's traditionally servile attitude is wrongfully accused of murdering a white man.

Lock Doon Poyams
Lock Doon Poyams

Author: Robert Campbell

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05-11

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13:

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"Lock Doon Poyam" is a volume of Ulster Scots poetry written during the lock down.

The Auld Meetin'-Hoose Green
The Auld Meetin'-Hoose Green

Author: Archibald M'Ilroy

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781016155809

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