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Holt Rinehart Winston, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Edge wear to price-clipped jacket. .

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. Very Good. Prebble, John. The Darien Disaster: A Scots Colony in the New World. 1698-1700. NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968. 366pp. Indexed. Illustrated. Bibliography. 8vo. Hardcover with pictorial endsheets. Book condition: Very good, lightly rubbed edges, lightly faded spine and faintly soiled top edge of text block. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good with minuscule chip from top corner of inner flap. In dust jacket protector .

The Darien Disaster refers to a series of events which took place from 1698-1700, when the Scots defied the English and Spanish and tried to establish a settlement in Panama. What transpired cost 2,000 Scots their lives and firmly marked the end of Scotland's attempt at independence. It remains a scar on the Scottish psyche.The Darien Disaster, A Scots Colony in the New World 1698-1700 was written in 1968 by the preeminent authority on Scottish history, the Canadian-English journalist John Prebble (1915-2001). It was a best-seller and was re-issued by Edinburgh's Mainstream Publishing in 1978, as a trade paperback which, oddly, has a dust jacket. It is 366 pages, including lots of images. It has one dogear and a gift inscription in the front (father to daughter) but is in excellent condition.

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B&w photo illus. and maps throughout

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1969. 366pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, col map endpapers. Or black boards in jacket. Bumped at top front corner. In 1698 1200 Scotmen sailed to Panama to form a colony-the idea originating with the founder of the bank of England. What happened to them is a terrible tale surpassed only by what happened to 1300 more Scots, including women and children, who arrived a year later.. First US Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.