Colonel Daniel Newnan McIntosh, 1822-94, Creek Nation This excellent book throws light on a little-known aspect of Scotland’s age-old cultural affinity with the United States of America. - The Scots Magazine A gripping book which can be thoroughly recommended. - Ian West, in the Report on the 45th AGM of the English Westerners’ Society Tom Cunningham has found some fascinating stories of characters linking Scotland and the Native Americans... - Hamish Coghill, in Scottish Life, Autumn 2001 In The Diamond’s Ace, Glaswegian Tom F. Cunningham explores the links forged between Scots and Native Americans from the 14th through the 20th centuries. Ranging from a capitulation of the alleged pre-Columbian visit of Henry St. Clair, Earl of Orkney, to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show’s performances in Glasgow and other Scottish locations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Cunningham ponders the impact of these connections on the Scots. Although many of these events, legitimate or otherwise, have been described separately elsewhere, this celebratory narrative draws them together in a single volume. The book’s strength lies in the author’s diligent research among local archives throughout the Scottish Lowlands. Frequent quotes taken from contemporary newspapers from the 19th century forward lend a sense of immediacy to these wide-ranging encounters between Natives who visited Scotland or Scots who returned home from Native America. - Margaret Connell Szasz, Department of History, University of New Mexico, in Journal of the West, Spring 2004

The Diamond’s Ace - Scotland and the Native Americans