Scottish Exodus by James Hunter Republished

Millions of Scots have left their homeland during the last 400 years. Until now, they have been written about in general terms. Scottish Exodus breaks new ground by taking particular emigrants, drawn from the Clan MacLeod, and discovering, with help from their descendants, exactly what happened to them and their families. These people became French aristocrats, Polish resistance fighters and revolutionaries, Irish priests, Texan ranchers, New Zealand shepherds, Australian goldminers, prairie homesteaders, Aboriginal and African-American activists, Canadian mounted policemen, Confederate rebels and Nova Scotian farmers.

This gripping account of Scotland’s worldwide diaspora is based on unpublished documents, letters and family histories. It is also based on the author’s international travels in the company of today’s MacLeods – some of them still in Scotland, others in countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, England, Poland, France, New Zealand and South Africa.

Scottish Exodus contains horror and hardship – disastrous voyages, famine and dispossession, the hazards of pioneering on faraway frontiers. But this is also the inspiring story of how people separated from Scotland by hundreds of years and thousands of miles continue to identify with the small country where their global journeys began.

Now republished by the Associated Clan MacLeod Societies, this new 418 page edition is available as both Print on Demand or Kindle ebook through Amazon outlets worldwide – more details in the Clan MacLeod website merchandising section.