Just arrived: The Black Watch, A Short History by Bernard Fergusson
What is a Black Watch? The book's frontispiece shows a print of an 1740s soldier in a kilt. The publisher is in Scotland. So, guess what, the Black Watch is Scottish! Turns out the Black Watch was a Scottish Regiment that fought at Waterloo, Ticonderoga (probably not on the American side), Dunkirk, Normandy and all points in between. The book is small, but filled with info and prints of the regiment's history. Priced at $7, you can find it in the glass case.
