Through So Many Dangers:
The Memoirs and Adventures of Robert Kirk, Late of the Royal Highland Regiment
Edited by Ian M. McCulloch & Timothy J. Todish
Introduction: Stephen Brumwell
Artwork: Robert Griffing

Robert Kirk (aka Kirkwood) served with the 42nd and 77th Highland Regiments during the Seven Years War of the 1750s and Pontiac’s Rebellion. From Niagara Falls to Newfoundland, from the Carolinas to the Mississippi, he covered some 5000 miles by foot, canoe, whaleboat and transport ship. By the time he returned home after ten years of “service truly critical,” our roguish hero had been captured and adopted by the Shawnee Indians. He became an accomplished marksman, hunter and tracker, proficient in the use of canoes, snowshoes and tumplines. His Memoirs, reprinted here for the first time since 1775, bring his exciting story to life.