In April 1735, 20-year-old William MacGregor, possessing little more than a bottle of Scotch whiskey and a set of Shakespeare's plays, arrives in Charles Town, South Carolina, to make his fortune in the New World. The Scottish Highlands were in steep economic decline and hopelessly entangled in dangerous political intrigue.
An entertaining, engrossing, and enlightening historical novel that brings to life the packhorsemen, Indian traders, and southeastern Indians of the early 18th-century Carolina.