From Philadelphia To The South, The Great Wagon Road: How Scotch- Irish And Germanics Settled the Uplands.
by Rouse, Parke, Jr.
Good, overall review.
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America.
by Webb, James.
Biography of one family and how it fits into history.
The Scottish Invention of America, Democracy & Human Rights: The History of Liberty and Freedom from the Ancient Celts to the New Millennium.
by Klieforth, Alexander Leslie & Munro, Robert John
Academically oriented, but excellent resource.
Ireland, A Novel
by Delaney, Frank
various others
by Kennedy, Billy
The Scots-Irish in
Pennsylvania and Kentucky (1998); Faith and Freedom: The Scots-Irish In America
(1999); Heroes of the Scots-Irish In America (2000); The Making of America: How the
Scots-Irish Shaped a Nation (2001); Women of the Frontier (2004); & Our Most Priceless
Heritage: The Lasting Legacy of the Scots-Irish in America (2005).
The Scottish Settlers of America: The 17th and 18th Centuries.
by Millett, Stephen M.
Not strictly Southern Appalachians.
The Scots-Irish in the Carolinas
by Kennedy, Billy
Tories: Fighting for the King in America's First Civil War
by Allen, Thomas B.
Apples on the Flood: The Southern Mountain Experience
by Cunningham, Rodger
academically oriented
The Scotch-Irish: A Social History
by Leyburn, James
the best of the best!
Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia
by Fiona Ritchie / Doug Orr
From the seventeenth through the 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, Welsh, African American, French, and Cherokee origin. Their enduring legacy of music flows today from Appalachia back to Ireland and Scotland and around the globe. Ritchie and Orr guide readers on a musical voyage across oceans, linking people and songs through centuries of adaptation and change.
Enriched by the insights of key contributors to the living tradition on both sides of the Atlantic, accompanying this abundantly illustrated volume is an online Spotify playlist featuring over 20 songs by musicians profiled in the book, including Dolly Parton, Dougie MacLean, Cara Dillon, John Doyle, Pete Seeger, Sheila Kay Adams, Jean Ritchie, Doc Watson, David Holt, Anais Mitchell, Al Petteway, and more.
The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America
by Biggers, Jeff