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A useful reference for anyone interested in Scottish history and the derivations of place names the length and breadth of the country, this authoritative book has sections on early names, territorial divisions and general surveys of areas. It also looks at saints, church terms and river names.

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This guide to Ross and Cromarty was first published in 1924 as part of the Cambridge County Geographies.

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Whaler's Island is located off the coast of Cape Cod and to the east of the island of Nantucket. Whaler's Island is a vacationer's paradise and the summer home to many famous people. When a category three hurricane threatens the island, the locals take steps to prepare for the massive storm. While preparations are underway, a fire breaks out in a popular restaurant in the downtown section of this historic whaling island. Will the fire chief, C...

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

In 1832, 57 Irish Catholic workers were brought to the United States to lay one of the most difficult miles of American railway, Duffy's Cut of the Pennsylvania Railroad. These men were chosen because, in the eyes of the railroad company that hired them, they were expendable. Deaths were common during the building of the railway but this stretch was worse than most. When cholera swept the camp basic medical attention and community support was ...

William Watson spent two years evading Union gunboats and dealing with the "sharpers" who fed off the misfortune of the Civil War. In 1892, using log books, personal papers, and business memoranda, he published this "plain, blunt", account of "events just as they happened". The result was a classic adventure tale whose careful description of seafaring in the 1860s gives us a glimpse into a world now closed to us.Watson is the protagonist, but ...