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- catalog abstract "The author reconstructs the hilarious 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. On a cold January morning in 1823, a group of Scottish immigrants looking for a new life set sail for a tropical Eden called Poyais. The only catch was that it didn't exist. This is the dazzling and very funny story of one of the greatest hoaxes in history--a story as colorful and bizarre as the mastermind behind it.".
- catalog alternative "Sir Gregor MacGregor and the most audacious fraud in history".
- catalog contributor b13042956.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description "Faraway country: Promised land -- Return of the hero -- Money talks -- Sale of the century -- Black lagoon -- Soldier's tale: Highland journey -- Revolutionist -- Military maneuvers -- Rebel without a cause -- Road to Poyais -- State of Chaos: Fatal shore -- French leave -- Bad company -- Homecoming -- Stranger than fiction -- Appendix: MacGregor version.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-352) and index.".
- catalog description "The author reconstructs the hilarious 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. On a cold January morning in 1823, a group of Scottish immigrants looking for a new life set sail for a tropical Eden called Poyais. The only catch was that it didn't exist. This is the dazzling and very funny story of one of the greatest hoaxes in history--a story as colorful and bizarre as the mastermind behind it.".
- catalog extent "xxvi, 358 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Land that never was.".
- catalog identifier "0306813092".
- catalog isFormatOf "Land that never was.".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press,".
- catalog relation "Land that never was.".
- catalog spatial "Scotland".
- catalog subject "DA816.M155 S56 2004".
- catalog subject "Fraud Scotland History 19th century.".
- catalog subject "Generals Scotland Biography.".
- catalog subject "Mac Gregor, Gregor, Sir, 1786-1845.".
- catalog subject "MacGregor, Gregor, 1786-1845.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Faraway country: Promised land -- Return of the hero -- Money talks -- Sale of the century -- Black lagoon -- Soldier's tale: Highland journey -- Revolutionist -- Military maneuvers -- Rebel without a cause -- Road to Poyais -- State of Chaos: Fatal shore -- French leave -- Bad company -- Homecoming -- Stranger than fiction -- Appendix: MacGregor version.".
- catalog title "Sir Gregor MacGregor and the most audacious fraud in history".
- catalog title "The land that never was : Sir Gregor MacGregor and the most audacious fraud in history / David Sinclair.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".