This compendium of biographical portraits includes names like Robert the Bruce, Andrew Carnegie, John Knox, John Marshall, Ulysses S. Grant, Edvard Grieg, Martha Graham, Jackson Pollock, and Thomas Edison, whose achievements have won national freedom, built empires, reformed religion, defined justice, become presidents, composed music, revolutionized dance, redefined art, made pictures move, and built engines run by steam—along with ninety more Scots worldwide who have altered the way all of us live our lives.
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A brilliant Scottish resourse,
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This review is from: The Scottish 100: Portraits of History's Most Influential Scots (Hardcover)
Duncan Bruce has done it again! I really enjoyed his first book, The Mark Of The Scots. It appears that Bruce is establishing himself as a leading authority in Scottish achievements. This new book consists of an elegantly written and remarkably well researched collection of essays. The Scottish 100 is definitely a must have for history buffs and Scottish enthusiasts alike!
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bagpipes and dreams,
This review is from: The Scottish 100: Portraits of History's Most Influential Scots (Hardcover)
a highly informative, entertainingly and elegantly written overview of some notable Scots. In the age of "Black" centered television, minority based social programs and other unabashed celebrations of racial or genetic pride, it is refreshing to those of us from Scottish stock to read pridefully of our own rich heritage. For the record, I'm for celebrating all cultures deemed worthy of exceptional accomplishments.Anglo and Celtic-phobes BEWARE! Our little nation has generated quite a few feisty geniuses and raucous rebels.
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It Would Be Fine If They Were Scots!,
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This review is from: The Scottish 100: Portraits of History's Most Influential Scots (Paperback)
It seems Mr Bruce has added a number of individuals to his Top 100 who have the barest 'strand' of Scottish descent, i.e. RUPERT MURDOCH!!! Gie us a break. Many of these people are not born and bred in Scotland of Scottish parentage. I mean, come on... Scotland produced a number of fine individuals throughout it's history of strife who contributed greatly to our world... why does he have to throw in a number of people who were born elsewhere of parents not even Scottish? I could be in Mr Bruce's book should I become VERY FAMOUS as I have a Scottish great great etc Grandmother from 1767 somewhere in there! Please, re-write the book with REAL Scots only.
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New York, United States, Great Britain, Royal Society, Adam Smith, British Empire, King James, Nova Scotia, David Hume, King Robert, New Orleans, Stephen Foster, Edinburgh University, James Watt, John Marshall, New Jersey, New Zealand, Martha Graham, Nobel Prize, Robert Burns, Roman Catholic, Westminster Abbey, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, George Washington New!
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ROBERT ADAM, Britain's foremost neoclassic architect, wielded an influence that spread as far to the east as Russian and as far to the west as America. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Great Britain, Royal Society, Adam Smith, British Empire, King James, Nova Scotia, David Hume, King Robert, New Orleans, Stephen Foster, Edinburgh University, James Watt, John Marshall, New Jersey, New Zealand, Martha Graham, Nobel Prize, Robert Burns, Roman Catholic, Westminster Abbey, American Revolution, Declaration of Independence, George Washington New!
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- The Declaration Of Independence by Sam Fink on 5 pages
- The Wealth of Nations: Representative Selections by Adam Smith on 5 pages
- Theory of the Earth (Geological Society Special Publication) (v. 3) by James Hutton on page 374, page 375, and Index
- My Father, Marconi by Degna Marconi on page 102, and Back Matter
- History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 by David Hume on page 272, and Index
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