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Hardcover. Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 384 Publisher: Sterling What do Mark Twain Neil Armstrong and John McCain have in common They're all descendants of a merry group of Scots-Irish aggarts That crossed the Atlantic from Ireland in the early 1700s and settled in America's South. Also known as the Other Irish. this wild bunch of patriotic. rebellious. fervently religious rascals gave us the NRA. at least fourteen presidents. decisive victories in the Revolutionary War. a third of today's US Military. country music. Star Wars. the Munchkins. American-style Democracy and even the religious right. Yet few are familiar with the Other Irish or their contributions to American culture. Now author and documentary filmmaker Karen McCarthy shines a probing light on this fascinating topic. illuminating the extent to which the Scots-Irish helped weave the faic of our nation.
