About the Author

The late James G. Leyburn was professor of sociology at Washington and Lee University.

Reviews

A most readable contribution to the growing body of sophisticated literature on immigration in the colonial period."Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography"

Clearly written and well organized. . . . Leyburn has provided the general reader with an extremely useful account."North Carolina Historical Review"

Shrewd and novel speculations on frontier society and national character. . . . The best survey yet of the Scotch-Irish."American Historical Review"

This admirable book takes a fresh and frank look at the Scotch-Irish."Journal of Presbyterian History"

Work . . . of such merit that it should supersede most of its predecessors."Mississippi Valley Historical Review"