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A bombshell, or else the most brilliant battle flare ever launched by a book. James Webb reveals the all-but-invisible ethnic group that has created the core beliefs of democracy American style: our rights come from God, not the Government; all of us are born equal, and 'born aristocrats' don't exist...He has written not only an engrossing story but also an important work of sociological history. -- Tom Wolfe, #1 New York Times bestselling author In telling the story of the Scots-Irish in America as a robust and passionate tale, novelist Webb writes straightforward, no-nonsense, readable history. -- Booklist (starred review) Pugnacious, bibulous, pious: the Scots-Irish have fueled stereotypes and filled the White House, to say nothing of the ranks of the military...Webb does a fine job of tracing the Scots-Irish-mostly Scottish Presbyterians first transplanted to Ulster, then to the American colonies-from antiquity to the American Revolution. -- Kirkus Reviews James Webb has written what may be the first of its kind: a scholarly book that polishes the tarnished image of America's bubbas and rednecks...provocative. -- Houston Chronicle

Pugnacious, bibulous, pious: the Scots-Irish have fueled stereotypes and filled the White House, to say nothing of the ranks of the military...Webb does a fine job of tracing the Scots-Irish-mostly Scottish Presbyterians first transplanted to Ulster, then to the American colonies-from antiquity to the American Revolution. -- Kirkus Reviews In telling the story of the Scots-Irish in America as a robust and passionate tale, novelist Webb writes straightforward, no-nonsense, readable history. -- Booklist (starred review) James Webb has written what may be the first of its kind: a scholarly book that polishes the tarnished image of America's bubbas and rednecks...provocative. -- Houston Chronicle A bombshell, or else the most brilliant battle flare ever launched by a book. James Webb reveals the all-but-invisible ethnic group that has created the core beliefs of democracy American style: our rights come from God, not the Government; all of us are born equal, and 'born aristocrats' don't exist...He has written not only an engrossing story but also an important work of sociological history. -- Tom Wolfe, #1 New York Times bestselling author

James Webb has written what may be the first of its kind: a scholarly book that polishes the tarnished image of America's bubbas and rednecks...provocative. -- Houston Chronicle Pugnacious, bibulous, pious: the Scots-Irish have fueled stereotypes and filled the White House, to say nothing of the ranks of the military...Webb does a fine job of tracing the Scots-Irish-mostly Scottish Presbyterians first transplanted to Ulster, then to the American colonies-from antiquity to the American Revolution. -- Kirkus Reviews In telling the story of the Scots-Irish in America as a robust and passionate tale, novelist Webb writes straightforward, no-nonsense, readable history. -- Booklist (starred review) A bombshell, or else the most brilliant battle flare ever launched by a book. James Webb reveals the all-but-invisible ethnic group that has created the core beliefs of democracy American style: our rights come from God, not the Government; all of us are born equal, and 'born aristocrats' don't exist...He has written not only an engrossing story but also an important work of sociological history. -- Tom Wolfe, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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Jim Webb is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the author of several books. As a Marine in Vietnam he received the nation's second and third highest awards for combat heroism. He served as Assistant Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy during the Reagan administration. From 2007-2013 he represented Virginia in the US Senate. Allan Robertson is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.

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