Essential reading
In the course of her investigation, Campey has left no stone unturned, often drawing from primary sources, such as ships' passenger lists and diaries, newspaper articles, customs and shipping records, clergy reports and genealogical society transcriptions of tombstones to prove her points.
... exhaustively researched ...
Born in Ottawa, Lucille Campey now lives near Salisbury, England. Her father's pride in his Scottish roots stimulated her interest in Scottish emigration to Canada. A graduate of Ottawa University, she later acquired a Doctorate from Aberdeen University for her studies of emigration history. She has written seven books thus far on the Scottish exodus to Canada.
An Unstoppable Force is well written and produced, with good maps and many illustrations integrated into the text. It will interest everyone wishing to understand the place of the Scots in Nova Scotian and Canadian history.
...a vivid history lesson...the book is a precise telling of the Scottish influence on Canadian life.