Title: A religious history of the Scot Irish, not a history of the people
Product review: Unless you are really interested in all the petty arguments about religion among the protestant, presbyterians and baptists this book is not for you. Data on the Scots Irish people themselves makes up less than 25% of this book and even then it is more into quoting what this official or that official had to say. You don't really get a feel for what the people were like or why they were the way they were.If you want to understand our ancestors and what drove them, read "Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America" by James Webb. Not only does it bring these early settlers to life but tickled my intestests enough to buy more books on the over-mountain people and Andrew Jackson.
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