Sinclair, David, 1945-

The land that never was : Sir Gregor MacGregor and the most audacious fraud in history / David Sinclair. - 1st Da Capo Press ed. - Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, 2004, c2003. - xxvi, 358 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Originally published under title: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the land that never was. London : Headline Book Pub., 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-352) and index.

The author reconstructs the true tale of a group of Scottish immigrants who were tricked into believing in a Central American country ruled by a Scottish soldier and who set out in 1823 across the Atlantic to find it.

0306814110 : PAP $15.95

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Mac Gregor, Gregor, Sir, 1786-1845.


Generals--Scotland--Biography.
Fraud--History--Great Britain--19th century.


Scotland--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.
Central America--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

DA816.M33 / S56 2004

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