The Highland Call

A Symphonic Play of American History in Two Acts

By Paul Green

The Highland Call

302 pp., 5.25 x 8

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-7862-0
    Published: November 2011

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This is the story of the dreams and fears that shaped the lives of the Scots in the Cape Fear Valley. It centers around the life of Flora McDonald, friend and protector of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who came here in 1774 with her family to seek a peace she had never known in Scotland.

Originally published in 1941.

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About the Author

Winner of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Paul Green (1894-1981) taught philosophy and drama at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was a native of Harnett County, North Carolina.


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