Watchman Against the World
The Remarkable Journey of Norman McLeod and his People
“Children, children, look to yourselves, the world is mad…” These were the dying words of Rev. Norman McLeod who drew his people to him and led them on one of the epic adventures of the 19th Century. Hundreds of people—focused on a leader with an absolute sense of his responsibility to them—faced the challenges of breaking pioneer ground in Cape Breton, developing a successful community, and then in the face of heartbreaking famine, tearing the community apart and half-circling the globe to break pioneer ground together once again, in New Zealand. More than the story of one man, "Watchman" is the story of the desperation, vigour, devotion and overcoming of extraordinary odds of which the Scottish exiles were capable—and of the supports it took to mold people so potentially demoralized into an early Cape Breton success. "Watchman" gives a detailed picture of Norman’s world, how he rose to power, and what he offered his people that was more valuable than his errors or their independence—the combination of tyranny and tenderness Norman McLeod delivered, which won and held and developed a community. This book brings McLeod’s St. Ann’s Bay to life as a bustling, integrated, religious yet down-to-earth community. Well-researched and beautifully told, WATCHMAN AGAINST THE WORLD is a Cape Breton classic.
196pages   .   $16.95   .   ISBN 1-895415-20-9   .   Breton Books
    
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