The Land That Never Was: Sir Gregor Macgregor And The Most Audacious Fraud In History

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. 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. David Sinclair. First Published In 2003 As Sir Gregor Macgregor And The Land That Never Was--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 351-352) And Index.