Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South

by Celeste Ray

Book Overview

Each year, tens of thousands of people flock to Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina, and to more than two hundred other locations across the country to attend Scottish Highland Games and Gatherings. There, kilt-wearing participants compete in athletics, Highland dancing, and bagpiping, while others join clan societies in celebration of a Scottish heritage. As Celeste Ray notes, however, the Scottish affiliation that Americans claim today is a Highland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807849138
• ISBN13: 9780807849132
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"