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Caithness to Patagonia: Distant Lands and Close Relatives by Ian Leith (Paperback, 2016)

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This is an extraordinary and little-known story of emigration from Scotland. The story begins with John Hamilton, the son of a tailor from Wick, who arrived in the Falkland Islands in 1880.

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This is an extraordinary and little-kwn story of emigration from Scotland. Caithness and Patagonia are literally a world apart, yet in the late 19th and early 20th centuries a number of Caithness men and women took on the challenge of this wild, open and windswept land. The book provides the origins and backgrounds of these Caithness Patagonian pioneers and sets their experiences alongside the growth and development of Patagonia as one of the world's great sheep farming areas. The story begins with John Hamilton, the son of a tailor from Wick, who arrived in the Falkland Islands in 1880. Over the following 60 years he and other Caithness men and women became a significant force in the development of sheep farming in Patagonia. As one of Patagonia's most enterprising sheep farmers, he was the catalyst for a number of other Caithness men making what must have been a huge decision to uproot from their native home. It was t just Caithness men who embarked on the journey - sisters and wives followed as new lives were ground out of the unforgiving landscape.There are stories of endurance and determination against the odds; accounts of death and disaster, but most of all there are tales of how these Caithnessians conquered Patagonia and built successful businesses to the extent that today their descendants are integral to many aspects of Patagonian and Argentine society. The roll call of names - Bain, Barnetson, Begg, Bremner, Budge, Cormack, Harper, Mowat, Nicolson, Plowman, etc. - is like a Caithness directory. Their stories and legacies continue to be proudly held dear by descendants and relatives both in Caithness, the UK and in Argentina. The Caithness Patagonian story was originally brought to light by Margie Sinclair for the BBC Odyssey series. Caithness to Patagonia charts the backgrounds, the successes and failures of these intrepid pioneers who created a new life, far away from their homes and families.

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Publisher
Whittles Publishing
ISBN-10
184995173x
ISBN-13
9781849951739
eBay Product ID (ePID)
223087023

Additional Product Features

Place of Publication
Caithness
Content Note
+ 8pp Colour & B/w Photos
Author Biography
Ian established BaseLine Research in 2009 and is the author of The Man Who Went to Farr: Patrick Sellar and the Sutherland Experiment and Grannies and Other Folk: folk tales with a Caithness twist.
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Author(s)
Ian Leith
Date of Publication
23/05/2016
Subject
Regional History
Imprint
Whittles Publishing
Country of Publication
United Kingdom

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