‘Driv’n by Fortune’ tackles the myths embedded in nationalistic history and in fictional accounts of these Highland soldier-settlers who brought the Scottish Enlightenment to North America.
Christmas Wish List alert.
The Morrin Centre in Quebec City has invited Sam Allison to talk about the impact of the 78th Fraser’s Highlanders on Tuesday, November 29, at 7:00 p.m.
Mr. Allison is the author of the book, Driv’n by Fortune: The Scots’ March to Modernity in America, 1745–1812, about the men of the 78th Fraser’s Highlanders, from the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland, through the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution, to the War of 1812.
Originally from Scotland, Mr. Allison immigrated to Canada in 1968 and later taught in McGill University’s Faculty of Education. He was the 2016 recipient of the Gordon Atkinson Memorial Prize in Highland Military History, awarded annually by the Quebec Thistle Council.
If you are unable to attend the Morrin Centre event, you can watch Mr. Allison talk about his book in this seven-minute video on YouTube.
Driv’n by Fortune is available from publisher Dundurn Press, ChaptersIndigo, and other book stores. Although not in stock at Amazon, you can look inside the book to see the chapters, bibliography, index, and many other pages.
