While relatively small in number, the Scots have certainly made their mark on the world: 70% of all American presidents have had Scottish ancestry, 11% of all Nobel Prizes ever awarded have involved Scots and their descendants, and at least half of the men who walked on the men were descended from Scots. Here is the first-ever celebration of all things--and all people--of Scottish descent. ...
Manufacturer: CitadelWritten By: Duncan A. Bruce
This compendium of one hundred biographies celebrates seven centuries of Scots whose lives changed their world and ours. Rupert Murdoch, Rachel Carson, Immanuel Kant, Edgar Allan Poe, Elizabeth Arden - however disparate their sympathies, however diverse their times or endeavors, from media conglomerates to conservation to philosophy, literature, and business, they do have one thing in common. They ...
Manufacturer: Da Capo PressWritten By: Duncan A. Bruce