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But the county has\u003cbr\u003e held fast to much more than kilts and bagpipes; its Scottish\u003cbr\u003e heritage is entwined with aspects of other cultures to produce\u003cbr\u003e a rich palate of local history, stories, and legends. Although\u003cbr\u003e a relatively young county, having been formed in 1899 from\u003cbr\u003e Richmond County, the land has been inhabited for centuries\u003cbr\u003e and maybe longer. Several writers believe that when North\u003cbr\u003e Carolina became a royal colony in 1729, Scottish Highlanders\u003cbr\u003e were already living in the area.\u003cbr\u003e Scotland County serves as a testimony to the lives and\u003cbr\u003e experiences of county residents, past and present. Local heroes,\u003cbr\u003e important streets, businesses, schools, and churches, which have\u003cbr\u003e all helped to shape the county's identity, come to life through\u003cbr\u003e word and image within the pages of this volume. 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Posing as the ship captain's niece, Sara crossed the Atlantic in a cargo boat before docking in Veracruz, Mexico. There she followed an Irishman and his pack of hounds as they hunted jackals through desert cacti, then met film makers and fishermen - and fell in love. Travelling by local buses and trains, she gradually headed south, watching dead bodies pile up in Central America countries and celebrating Christmas in El Salvador, before eventually reaching South America.   In Ecuador she rode on a train roof through towering landscapes and encountered tribal people, then travelled by sea to the fabled Galapagos Islands. Once back on the South American mainland, she braved rampant lawlessness in Lima, tanks and troops lining the streets of the Peruvian capital. In Bolivia she joined a bus full of female smugglers, traversed flooded rivers and survived freezing nights. Tanks also characterised Sara's time in Santiago, the Chilean capital, which had just experienced a military coup that ended democracy and established General Pinochet's long-lasting dictatorship.   Continuing southwards, Sara crossed the vastness of Patagonia to endure rough seas on a boat with esteemed author Bruce Chatwin, before venturing across the Andes into Argentina. The country proved to be out of control, characterised by crazy inflation, political mayhem and kidnappings, and abject poverty contrasting with ostentatious wealth. Reaching Brazil, Sara's journey culminated with marvelling at Iguaçu Falls before unexpectedly partying with notorious Great Train Robber and fugitive Ronnie Biggs on Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema Beach.  An authentic recollection of intrepid travels during an era long before travel became straightforward, the memoirs collated in A Long Way South are a thrilling, engaging read - a compendium of tales as much about remarkable people as they are about the diverse, fascinating places and charged political situations that characterised 1970s Latin America.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":50658201960721,"sku":"NGR9781784779856","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50834785730833,"sku":"GOR014090616","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51452294856977,"sku":"GOR014285479","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51502593081617,"sku":"GOR014305519","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1784779857.jpg?v=1751122823"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/collections\/author-books-by-sara-stewart.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}