{"product_id":"each-alone-across-a-vast-unknown-a-scottish-familys-lives-and-solo-journeys-to-america-9781682354858","title":"Each Alone, Across a Vast Unknown: A Scottish Family's Lives and Solo Journeys to America","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis historical novel begins with the adventures of teenage brothers Adam and Henry Baird, as well as Adam's future wife, Catherine Malcolm. The three young Scots venture separately, and overcome great peril traveling to America in the 1860s, leaving forever the Baird's large, close-knit family in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll the Baird siblings are influenced by folklore and encounters with spiritually advanced magical fairy creatures on their Scottish ranch, Drumdruils. Adam and Henry both become entrenched in scandal. Adam, entangled in a romantic relationship with his spinster teacher, boards a steamer ship for America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Henry Baird's girlfriend dies in childbirth, he joins Adam as a carpenter in the Caledonian mines in Nevada, leaving behind his daughter. Their childhood friend, Catherine Malcolm, travels on the SS Alabama steamer to wed Adam. Her ship hits an iceberg. The captain saves the ship and proposes marriage to Catherine in Newfoundland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCatherine weds Adam in Virginia City, and befriends the downtrodden Paiute Indians. Adam almost dies in the mines. The three Scots become embroiled in Indian unrest, murders, and an explosion\/fire downtown. Henry eventually becomes a rancher in California and marries. His wife Sarah dies after the birth of their daughter Katherine, who was the author's grandmother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSays the author; \"I possess autobiographies of my Scottish paternal great-grandparents, Adam Baird and Catherine Malcolm Baird, recounting their journeys from Scotland to America. Henry Baird was my maternal great-grandfather.\"\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003eA fourth-generation Californian, Sally Eccleston was a medical narrative writer and science editor for many years at hospitals\/universities throughout the Bay Area. In recent years, she also served as a senior editor at the University of California. She is the author of another historical novel, \u003cem\u003eLeap Beyond Blue Sky Veil.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5461899\"\u003eSally Eccleston\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strategic Book Publishing \u0026amp; Rights Agency, LL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682354858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682354857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC027360\"\u003eRomance | Historical | American\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045020\"\u003eFamily Life | Siblings\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC002000\"\u003eAction \u0026amp; Adventure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strategic Book Publishing \u0026 Rights Agency, LL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684553330925,"sku":"9781682354858","price":27.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_d3c4dc79-31a7-4ef9-848a-49322a27e87e.jpg?v=1649755325","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/each-alone-across-a-vast-unknown-a-scottish-familys-lives-and-solo-journeys-to-america-9781682354858","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}