From Kelso to Kalamazoo.

Mark Mulhern

ISBN 10: 1905267274 / ISBN 13: 9781905267279

Published by NMSE - Publishing Ltd, GB, 2009

About this Item

This memoir is by and about George Taylor: the manuscript was handed down through generations of his family. It recalls the varied and interesting life of a man who, at the age of 50, moved his family from Kelso in the Scottish Borders to Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the mid-nineteenth century. George Taylor was a gardener and nurseryman and, when settled in Kalamazoo, he soon established a successful business supplying plants and hedging. He was an award-winning horticulturalist and was responsible for the introduction of the cultivation of celery to the USA. In the course of hearing about George Taylor's life - including the death of three of his four wives in childbirth - we encounter people such as the widow of the man who supposedly served as the inspiration for Robert Burns' "Tam o' Shanter", and events such as the Great Fire of Chicago. From Kelso to Kalamazoo is all too rare a primary source testament to the realities of emigration from the lowlands of Scotland to the USA.

Seller Inventory # LU-9781905267279

Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Kelso to Kalamazoo.
• Publisher: NMSE - Publishing Ltd, GB
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905267274
• ISBN 13: 9781905267279
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 198 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The original manuscript written by George Taylor, who introduced celery cultivation to America, along with recollections of such events as the Great Fire of Chicago

About the Author

Margaret Jeary lives in the Scottish Borders and gives lectures locally on George Taylor. Mark Mulhern is a Researcher in the European Ethnological Research Centre, part of the School of Scottish Studies, Edinburgh.