Highland Settler: A Portrait of the Scottish Gael in Cape Breton and Eastern Nova Scotia
- ISBN-10
- 1895415063
- ISBN-13
- 9781895415063
- Series
- Highland Settler
- Category
- Cape Breton Island (N.S.) Popular culture History
- Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wreck Cove, N.S. : Breton Books
- Author
- Charles William Dunn
Description
Dr. Charles W. Dunn was born in the manse of Arbuthnott, Scotland, in 1915. He is the Margaret Brooks Robinson Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University, Emeritus.
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- 1968
- 179 pages
- Paperback
- University of Toronto Press
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- 1953
- 179 pages
- Paperback
- University of Toronto Press
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