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SCOTTISH BOOKS

A basic reading list:


Celtic History

- The Celts (Video Presentation of The Learning Channel) - (6 Hour Length) -*- (none) -
- The Celts - People Who Came Out of the Darkness - Herm - Gerhard - Barnes &Noble - 1-56619-218-8 -
- The History of the Celtic People (Consolidation of 2 - Hubert - Henri - Bracken Books - 1-85170-952-5 -
- The Elements of Celtic Christianity - Duncan - Anthony - Element - Inc. - 1-85230-360-3 -
- Celtic Warriors 400BC-AD1600 - Newark - Tim - Blandford - 0-7137-204303 -
- Celtic Myths and Legends - Rolleston - T.W. - Studio Editions - 1-85958-006-8 -
- National Geographic (May 1977 issue) -*- (periodical) -*-
- The Rise of The Celts - Hubert - Henri - Bracken Books - 1-851-952-5 -

Clans & Tartans

- The Highland Clans - ....... - Moncreiffe - Iain - Bramhall House -*-
- The Scottish Nation - Anderson - William - out of print (1875) -*-
- The Scottish Tartans - rev: Innes - T. of - Johnston & Bacon - 0-7178-4502-2 -
- The Clans and Tartans of Scotland - MacDougall - Margaret - Collins - 0-00-636416-0 -
- What is My Tartan? - Adam - Frank - Scotpress - 0-912951-01-X -
- Tartans - Hesketh - Christian - G. P. Putnam's Sons - (none) -
- Scotland and Her Tartans - Fulton - Alexander -*- -
- Scottish Clans & Tartans - Grimble - Ian - Harmony Books - 0-517-54827-5 -
- The Clan Almanac - Maclean - Chas. -*- -
- The Clans and Tartans of Scotland - Bain - Robert - Fontana/Collins - 0-00-411117-6 -
- The Clans of the Scottish Highlands - McIan - R. R. - Crescent Books - 0-517-482843 -
- Scottish Clan and Family Names - Martine - Roddy - John Bartholomew - 0-7028-0773-7 -
- Homelands of the Scots - Marting - Roderick - Spurbooks - 0-7157-2075-9 -
- The Tartans /Clans and Families of Scotland - Innes - Th. of Learney - Johnson &Bacon - 7179-4501-4 -
- Scottish Clans & Tartans - Grant - Neil - Crescent Books - 0-517-49901-0 -
- Highland Clans & Tartans - Munro - R. W. - Crescent Books - 0-517-23921-3 -
- Scots Kith and Kin - Clan House - Edinburgh - (varies with - 0-00-435665-9 -
- The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans - History of - Johnston & Bacon - Johnston &Bacon -*-
- District Tartans - Teall - G. & Smith - P. - Shepheard-Walwyn - 0-85683-085-2 -
- Clans and Tartans - The Fabric of Scotland - Blackie - Lorna - Tiger Books Intrntl - 1-85501-081-X -
- Tartan for Me - Smith - Philip D. - Heritage Books -*-

Country Dance

- The Swinging Sporran - Campbell - A. & Martine -*- Michael Joseph - 0-7181-3007-3

Dress

- So You're Going to Wear the Kilt! - Thompson - J. Charles - (varies with - 0-86228-017-6

Food & Drink

- A Feast of Scotland - Warren - Janet - Little - Brown & Co. - 0-316-92348-6 -
- Ena Baxter's Scottish Cookbook - Baxter - Ena - Johnston & Bacon - 0-7179-4560-X -
- The Highlander's Cookbook - Cameron - Sheila MacN... - Gramercy - (none) -
- Chambers Companion to the Burns Supper - Marshall - Nancy - Chambers - 0-550-21025-3 -
- The Best of Scottish Cooking - in colour - Pattullo - Dione - Johnston & Bacon - 0-7179-4255-4 -
- Scottish Cooking for American Kitchens - The Caledonian Cook - Scotpress - 0-912051-34-6 -
- Enjoying Scotch - Pattullo - D. & Copper -*- Johnston & Bacon - 0-7179-4256-2 -
- Single Malt Whiskies of Scotland - ...... - Harris - JF & Waymack -*- Open Court Pub. - 0-8126-9213-6 -
- Traditional Scottish Food - Cowie - Meg - Chambers - 0-550-20055-X -
- Cassell's Country Cookbooks: Scotland - Wright - Carol - Cassell - 0-304-29444-6 -
- Molly Weir's Recipes - Weir - Molly - Gorgon Wright Pub. - 0-903065-18-5 -
- The Malt File - Almond - J. & Tuck - R. - Malt Whisky Assn - 1-874201-15-3 -

Genealogy

- Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry - Cony - Kathleen B. - Polygon - 0-7486-6054-2 -
- Scottish Family History and Scottish Local History - Moody - David - B.T. Batsford -*-
- Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors - Sinclair - Cecil - Scottish Records -*-
- In Search of Scottish Ancestry - Hamilton-Edwards -*- Phillimore -*-
- Scottish Texts and Calendars - (compilation) - Scottish Hist. Soc. - 0-906245-08-7 -
- Scottish Roots - James - Alwyn - MacDonald - 0-904265-46-3 -
- Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland - Bloxham - V. Ben (comp) - BrighamYoung U. -*-
- Debrett's Family Historian - .......... - Currer-briggs - N. - et - Webb & Power Ltd - 0-00-216858-8 -
- In Search of Your British & Irish Roots - Baxter - Angus - Genealogical Pub. - 0-8063-1127-4 -
- Scottish Texts and Calendars - (compilation) - Royal Hist. Soc. - 0-86193-111-4 -

Geography

- Scotland's Place Names - Dorward - David - Mercat Press - 0-901824-73-9 - Geography -

Heraldry

- Heraldry - Ancestry and Titles (Questions and Answers) - Pine - L. G. - Gramercy(Crown) - 517109085 -
- Basic Heraldry - Friar - Stephen - W. W. Norton - 0-393-03463-1 -
- The Oxford Guide to Heraldry - Woodcock & Robinson - Oxford Univ.Press - 0-19-285224-8 -
- A Complete Guide to Heraldry - Fox-Davies - A. C. - Bonanza Books - 0-517-26643-1 -

Historic Romance

- Outlander (#1 of a series) - Gabaldon - Diana - Dell (Paperback) - 0-440-21256-1 -
- Dragonfly in Amber (#2 of a series) - Gabaldon - Diana - Dell (Paperback) - 0-440-21562-5 -
- Voyager (#3 of a series - new) - Gabaldon - Diana - (Hardback) - 0-440-21756-3 -

History

- Scotland and Its First American Colony 1683-1765 - Landsmen - Ned C. -*- -
- The Highland Clearances - Gunn - D. & Spankie - M. - Wayland Publishers - 0-7502-0753-1 -
- Land of the Scots: a short history - Bingham - Caroline - Fontana paperbacks -*-
- A New History of Scotland - Dickinson - William - Nelson -*-
- Scottish Kings - Donaldson - Gordon - Batsford -*-
- Scotland's History in Her Monuments - Hale - R. -*- -
- The Edinburgh History of Scotland - Ferguson - William - Praeger -*-
- The Steel Bonnets - Fraser - G. MacDonald -*- 0-330-23857-4 -
- A Holiday History of Scotland - Hamilton - Ronald - Hogarth Press -*-
- Scotland Through the Ages - Jenner - Michael - Michael Joseph -*-
- A Companion to Scottish History - ........... - Donnachie - I. & Hewitt -*- -*-
- Who's Who in Scottish Donaldson - Gordon - Blackwell -*-
- Scotus Americanus - Brock - William - University Press -*-
- The Highland Clearances - Prebble - John - Penguin Books - 0-14-002837-4 -
- The Story of Scotland - Tranter - Nigel - Lochar Publ. -*-
- The Lion in the North - Prebble - John - Penguin Books - 0-14-002837-4 -
- History of the Highlands - and the Highland Chiefs (3 - Browne - James - out of print(1838) -*-
- Culloden and the '45 - Black - Jeremy - Gloucester Press -*-
- A Concise History of Scotland - Maclean - Fitzroy - Aberdeen Univ Pr -*-
- Ulster Emigration to Colonial America 1718-1775 - Dickson - R. J. - Graham & Sons - 901-905-17-8 -
- Clans and Families of Ireland and Scotland - ...... - Cairney - C. Thomas -*- -
- Albion's Seed -*- Oxford Univ. Press - 0-19-506905-6 -
- The History of the Highland Clearances - MacKenzie - Alexander - out of print(1883 -*-
- A History of Scotland - Mitchison - Rosalind - Methuen -*-
- A History of Scotland - Mackie - J. D. - Pelican Books - 0-14-02-0671X -
- Scottish Medieval Churches - Fawcett - Richard - HMSO - Edinburgh - 0-11-492385-X -
- The Scottish Migration to Ulster/James I - Perceval-Maxwell - M. - Routledge& Kegan - 0-901905-44-5 -
- The Martial Music of the Clans - Fionn - Scotpress - 0-912951-21-4 -
- History of Scotland - Hanley - Cliff - Gallery Books - 0-8317-4215-1 -
- History of Scotland to the Present Time (3 vols.) - Brown - P. Hume (1911) - CambridgeUniv. -*-
- Cromwellian Scotland - Dow - f. D. - J. Donald -*-
- The Story of the Scots in America - Hewitson - J. - Canongate Press - 0-86241-432-6 -
- Stories of the Highland Clearances -*- Lang Syne Pub. - 0-946264-0203 -
- Culloden - John Prebble - Penguin Books -*-
- On the Crofters' Trail - Craig - David - Jonathan CAPG - 0-224-03225-9 -
- Scottish Covenanters and Irish Confederates - ......... - Stevenson - David - Ulster Hist. -*-
- A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies -*- Furgol - Edward M. - J. Donald -*-
- Scotland: the Devolution of Power - Mercer - John - Calder -*-
- The Scottish National Covenant in its British Context -*- Edinburgh Univ. Pr. -*-
- A Concise History of Scotland; with 231 illustrations - Maclean - Thames & Hudson -*-
- The Scottish Highlanders: a personal view - MacKinnon - Charles Roy - St. Martin'sPress -*-

History & Culture

- Of Scottish Ways - Begley - Eve - Harper & Row - 0-06-092383-0 -
- Life in Scotland - Mitchison - Rosalind - Batsford -*-
- The Scottish Highland Games in America - Donaldson - Emily Ann - Pelican - 0-88289-474-9 -
- The Scottish Yule - Thompson - Francis - Scotpress - 0-912951-43-5 -
- Scottish Lore and Folklore - Douglas - R. MacDonald - Beekman House - 0-517-366037 -
- Viking Scotland - Ritchie - Anna - B.T. Barsford Ltd. - 0-7134-7225-1 -
- Scotch Irish Pioneers in Ulster and America - Knowles - Charles -*- -
- The Ulster Clans - Mullin - TH & Mullan - JE - BNL Printing -*-
- Scot and Society - McMaster - Graham - Cambridge Univ. Pr. -*-
- National Geographic (July 1984 issue) pages 39-69 - Findley - Rowe - (periodical) -*-
- Legends of Northeast Scotland - Wyness - Fenton - Gramercy Pub. - 74-75917 -
- The Scotch-Irish in America - Hanna - Charles -*- -
- Scottish and Border Battles and Ballads - Brander - Michael - Seeley -*-
- Scottish Proverbs - Wood - Nicola - Chambers - 0-550-20052-5 -
- Strange Stories of Glasgow and the Clyde - Campbell - Margaret - Lang Syne Pub. - 185217-140-5 -

History & Travel

- Scottish Medieval Churches - Fawcett - Richard - HMSO - Edinburgh - 0-11-492385-X -
- Scotland BC - Ritchie - HMSO - Edinburgh - 0-11-493427-4 -
- A Traveler's History of Scotland - Fisher - Andrew - Interlink Books -*-


Language

- The Scots Gospel - Stuart - Jamie - St. Andrew's Press - 0-86153-0589 -
- Poems of Robert Burns -*- - 0-517-10063-0 -
- Gaelic Dictionary - MacLennan - Malcolm - Aberdeen Univ. Pr. - 0-08-025712-7 -
- The New Testament in Scots - Lorimer - W. L. - Penguin Books - 014-00-7571-2 -
- The Pocket Scots Dictionary - Scottish Nat'l Dict'y - Chambers - 0-550-11854-3 -
- The Glasgow Gospel - Stuart - Jamie - St. Andrew's Press - 0-7152-0664-8 -
- The Patter - a Guide to Current Glasgow Usage - Munro - Michael - Glasgow District - 0-906169-09-7 -
- This - Too - is Your Heritage - ..(Intro to the Scots - Little - J. C. - (author) -*-
- Oxford Book of Scottish Verse - MacQueen - D. et. al. - Oxford Univ. Press - 0-19282600-X -
- Chambers Scots Dictionary -*- -*-
- Concise English - Scots Dictionary - MacLeod & Cairns - Chambers - 0-550-11855-1 -
- The Concise Scots Dictionary - ed: Robinson - Mairi - Aberdeen Univ. Pr. - 0-550-11850-0 -
- Auld Testament Tales - Stuart - Jamie - St. Andrew's Press - 0-7152-0691-5 -

Literature

- My Heart's in the Highlands - anthology of verse by R. - ed: `Fraser  - 0-7117-0070-2 -
- Poems and Songs of Robert Burns - Burns - Robert - Collins -*-

Humor

- Whisky Galore - MacKenzie - Sir Compton - Penguin - 0-14-001220-6 - Literature /

Music

- The Pipes of War - Seton - B. G. -*- -
- Highland Bagpipe and its Cannon - R. D. -*- -
- The Bagpipe: The History of a Musical Instrument - Collinson - F. -*- -
- The Story of the Bagpipe - Flood - W. H. G. -*- -

Names

- The Surnames of Ireland - MacLysaght - Edward - Irish Academic - 0-7165-2366-3 -
- The Book of Ulster Sur Bell - Robert - Blackstaff Press - 0-85640-405-5 -
- The Dictionary of Scottish Place Names - Darton - Mike - Lochar Pub. - 094-8403-48-9 -
- The Surnames of Scotland - (hardcover) - Black - George F. - New York Pub. Lib. - 0-87104-172-3 -
- The Surnames of Scotland - .............. (softcover) - Black - George F. - Birlinn Ltd. - 1-874744-07-6 -

Photo & Travel

- The Spirit of Glasgow - Ward - Robin - Richard Drew Pub. - 0-86267-057-8 -
- Glasgow - Baxter - Colin - Richard Drew Pub. - 0-86267-153-1 -
- Glasgow Art Deco - Kenna - Rudolph - Richard Drew Pub. - 0-87267-093-4 -
- Reflections on Scotland - Wallace - Ian - Jarrold Colour Pub. - 0-7117-0345-0 -
- Scotland BC - Ritchie - Anna - HMSO - Edinburgh - 0-11-493427-4 - Travel -
- The Intelligent Traveler's Guide to Historic Scotland - Crow - Philip A. -*- 0-86553-158-7 -

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