This poignant saga of a Scottish immigrant family to northwest Jasper County in central Iowa during the mid-1800s will bring both tears and laughter as yu read of the courage and determination of Jim McLaren and Marget Duncan as they leave their beloved Scotland to forge a new life in America.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
... such as Eyre - Todd's Who's who in Glasgow in 1909 , or connected with a ... A good deal of the information mentioned here had already come to light ...
... My Ain Folk ” . The song was vaguely familiar to some , although completely unknown to others . But the effect was the same . Far frae my hame I wander but still my thoughts return To my ain folk over yonder in the sheiling by the burn ...
They had no bread, so the widow prayed for relief. There was a knock at the door. It was a baker selling bread. 'I have no money,' the woman replied, and the baker tried to drive away in his cart. But his donkey refused to move.
Clara and Bertie were the only singers and Arthur E. Godfrey was their accompanist; violinist Carl Barre and pianist Frank Merrick would provide spots in the first half. They were fortunate to get twenty-year-old Merrick, ...