Born Fighting
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Born Fighting | |
Author | Jim Webb |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | history |
Publisher | Broadway |
Publication date | October 5, 2004 |
Pages | 384 pp (first edition) |
ISBN | ISBN 978-0767916882 |
Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America (ISBN 978-0767916882) is a book by Jim Webb published in 2004. It is an history of the Scots-Irish in the United States. Webb maintains that Scots-Irish attitudes form the bedrock of American society, especially among the working class. Webb details the history of many US Presidents of Scots-Irish ancestry.