Literature & General History

Literature

A Burns Night Speech, by Rhoderick Sharpe (1985), BBC Correspondent
[An address before the Saint Andrews Society of San Francisco on the occasion of Burns Night (1985)]
Legend of Sir William Wallace
[A synthesis of legend and fact.]
On the Topic of William Wallace and Marion Braidfute, by Jared Savoy
[William Wallace's romance with Marion Braidfute.]
What Is A Haggis?, by John Wilson
[Humor]

The Declaration of Arbroath
[Text of a letter dated 6 April 1320 from King Robert I of Scotland to Pope John XXII, being King Robert's response to his excommunication for disobeying the pope's demand in 1317 for a truce in the First War of Scottish Independence.]
Scottish History, by Lynn C. McAlister, M.A., FSA Scot, Clan Historian
[A short but enlightening history of early Scotland.]
Many a Mickle Makes a Muckle: George Washington's Scottish Connections, by Mary V. Thompson, Research Specialist, Mount Vernon Ladies' Association (2 July 2004)
[George Washington's Scottish friends and acquaintances.]
Melrose Abby
[Historical perspective]

Ireland in the Spring, 1998 by Robert M. McAllister
[A narrated tourbus trip around Ireland in 1998.]
A Trip to Scotland, Past and Present by Robert M. McAllister (2002)
[A narrated trip around Scotland in 2002.]
Sir Walter Scott and Alexander MacAllister of Strathaird by Robert M. McAllister (2002)
[Robert M. McAllister and Walter Scott's impressions of Stathaird on the Isle of Skye.]