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Title: Interesting, but perhaps overstates Celtic influence
Review: I read this book while writing my MA thesis concerning the origin of antebellum concealed weapon laws. While I generally agree with Cracker Culture's thesis -- that the South was dominated by a Celtic cultural survival, unlike the North, I believe that McWhiney and McDonald may have overstated the breadth of this Celtic survival. Much of the South's distinctive culture comes specifically from the Scots-Irish immigrants who arrived in the 18th century, setting up cultural patterns that survive even today. By the time Irish and Welsh immigrants arrive, the patterns were already well established.
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