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UK Holidays - Curious Scotland: Tales from a Hidden History
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List Price: $23.95
Our Price: $19.16
Your Save: $ 4.79 ( 20% )
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Manufacturer: Thomas Dunne Books
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 941.1
EAN: 9780312354169
ISBN: 0312354169
Label: Thomas Dunne Books
Manufacturer: Thomas Dunne Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2006-08-08
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Release Date: 2006-08-08
Studio: Thomas Dunne Books
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Editorial Reviews:
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“The history may be hidden, but it’s there if you look --- and it’s well worth finding.”
---Daily Mail (Scotland) Scottish history isn’t just about Robert Burns and Braveheart. In fact, it’s far more complex than some might think. In Curious Scotland, journalist George Rosie digs deeper into Scotland’s past, unearthing some of the lesser known but more surprising details, including:
· Who was behind the military’s “Operation Vegetarian”?
· What became of the Glasgow Frankenstein?
· Why do Scots always spit on a certain Edinburgh street?
· And how did John Ross become the greatest Cherokee chieftain?
Rosie answers these and other questions, illuminating corners of Scottish lore that have never been explored before. With a dry wit and unflagging curiosity, he shows us that Scotland’s history is full of far stranger stuff than your average plate of haggis.
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Summary: Interesting and obscure facts
Comment: I bought this book at my husband's request. He is of Scottish descent, and we have visited his cousins in Caithness, Scotland, so this book was of great interest to him. He has enjoyed the book immensely, learning lots of interesting and unusual facts about the country and it's people, and has even started contacting various Scotsmen he knows to check out and verify some of those facts. Most interesting to him was the information about John Ross, and he is now trying to find relatives or descendants of John Ross.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the history of Scotland...it has been a great read for my husband, quite enjoyable and at times very humorous.
Written in the voice of a Scotsman, the book is eloquent yet succint.
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