Born fighting: how the Scots-Irish shaped America

pt. 1. Rulers and rednecks. Big Moccasin Gap

The radical individualists

pt. 2. The making of a people

and a nation. Hadrian's Wall

Tribalism versus feudalism : the Celtic tie of kinship

Braveheart

Bannockburn

pt. 3. The Ulster Scots. The Ulster plantation

Border warriors

and Bible beaters

The problem children of Ulster

Londonderry. The Boyne. Exodus

pt. 4. The spirit of a revolution. Roots

Pioneers and radicals

Preachers and warriors

pt. 5. Rise and fall : the heart of the South. Westward, ho

Old Hickory

The winds of war

Attack and die

pt. 6. Reconstruction. Diaspora. Reeducation? The mess the Yankees made

Fight. Sing. Drink. Pray

Poor but proud

and stubborn as hell

Hillbilly highways

pt. 7. Refections : the unspeakable circle. Glad soldiers, accidental scholars

The invisible people

Rites of passage : the legacy of Camel Six

Kensett, Arkansas.