Road to Derry
When the Ulster Scots arrived in New Hampshire in 1719, there were no roads in Derry (then called Nutfield). Led bythe Reverend James McGregor, the &quote;Moses of the Scotch-Irish in America,&quote; the entire congregation of Aghadowey had trekkedfrom their home county of Londonderry, Ireland, to start their lives anew, undeterred by British prejudice or Anglican intolerance. These hardy men and women were great walkers, and during the eighteenth century a warren of footpaths crisscrossed East Derry Hill. Richard Holmes retraces their footsteps, walking the road of Derry's history from its rough-and-tumble politics and early educatio…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62584-262-6
- EAN: 9781625842626
- Produktnummer: 18438853
- Verlag: The History Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Plattform: EPUB
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