scottish americans

"It is 1779 and Claire and Jamie are at last reunited with their daughter, Brianna, her husband, Roger, and their children on Fraser's Ridge. Having the family together is a dream the Frasers had thought impossible. Yet even in the North Carolina backcountry, the effects of war are being felt. Tensions in the Colonies are great and local feelings run hot enough to boil Hell's teakettle. Jamie knows loyalties among his tenants are split and it won't be long until the war is on his doorstep"--Provided by publisher.

"The protagonist of this historical novel, which is set in the Shetland Islands and also New York City around 1840, is Christian Robertson, a crofter and son of a crofter (small, struggling tenant farmer). When Christian's brother frames him for the theft of a bag of coins, Christian must leave home and embark on a journey to return the coins and clear his name"--Provided by publisher.

In 1775, Elspeth Monro struggles to adapt to life in North Carolina after leaving behind her native Scotland, but her new-found comfort is shattered by the brewing Revolution.

"The protagonist of this historical novel, which is set in the Shetland Islands and also New York City around 1840, is Christian Robertson, a crofter and son of a crofter (small, struggling tenant farmer). When Christian's brother frames him for the theft of a bag of coins, Christian must leave home and embark on a journey to return the coins and clear his name"--Provided by publisher.

The fifth novel in the Outlander series finds eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his wife Claire Randall, a woman who has traveled back in time from post-World War II England, in the American colonies in 1771 and preparing for the coming revolution.

It's 1778 and France has declared war on Great Britain. The British are in Philadelphia and George Washington's troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed grave to discover that his best friend has married Claire. All is in disarray as an illegitimate son discovers who his father is, a nephew wants to marry a Quaker, and Claire and Jenny, Jamie's sister, try to pick up the pieces. Jamie and Claire can only be grateful that their daughter, Brianna, and her family, are safe in twentieth-century Scotland. Or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own kidnapped son. Her husband, Roger, has gone into the past searching for his son (who has, unbeknownst to Brianna and Roger, never left the twentieth century.) Now with Roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: Brianna.

The fifth novel in the Outlander series finds eighteenth-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his wife Claire Randall, a woman who has traveled back in time from post-World War II England, in the American colonies in 1771 and preparing for the coming revolution.

Continues the story of Claire and Jamie Fraser, a twentieth-century woman and a Scottish Highlander who fell in love when Claire traveled back in time through a stone circle, following the couple to the American colonies, where their attempts to make a new life for themselves are complicated by the arrival of their daughter Brianna, who has news from the future.

After being presumed dead, Jamie Fraser returns to find that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitmate son has discovered who is father is, and his nephew has decided to marry a Quaker.

Despite her wish for a simple white wedding, Liss MacCrimmon's mother plans a traditional Scottish wedding, complete with kilts, on the weekend of Moosetookalook, Maine's Western Maine Highland Games. The murder of a college professor and a list of suspects that includes Liss'father, Donald Mac" MacCrimmon, further complicates matters, and Liss dives into the investigation to save both her father and her wedding.