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They shaped america, but did they make it more free. In his first work of nonfiction, bestselling novelist james webb tells the epic story of the scotsirish, a people whose. Bush has a kentuckyborn, scotsirish ancestor, webb whispers. Now as for their religiosity, i have no idea whether a direct correlation can be drawn from the northern ireland experience to the american one. Born fighting shows that the scotsirish were 40 percent of the revolutionary war army. Though millions strong, writes webb, these scotsirish backboneofamerica types dont go for groupidentity politics any more than they like to join a union.
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