Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia [With CD (Audio)]

by Fiona Ritchie, Darcy Orr, Doug Orr

Book Overview

Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to resettle in the United States. Many of these Scots-Irish immigrants made their way into the mountains of the southern Appalachian region. They brought with them a wealth of traditional ballads and tunes from the British Isles and Ireland, a carrying stream that merged with sounds and songs of English, German,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469618222
• ISBN13: 9781469618227
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.9" x 11.0"