PART I: THE RUGGED SCOTTISH ANCESTORS
1. Pilgrimage to the Houston Homeland
2. Sir Hugh, Knightly Progenitor of the
3. Centuries of Travail and Blood Houston Clan
5. These Were the Days of Chivalry
6. Effigies of Houstouns Remain
8. Young Patrick Houstoun Dies for His King
9. Houstouns Involved in Deadly Feuds
11. Houstoun Lairds Through Six Centuries
12. Houstoun Castle, Ancient Stronghold
13. A Pioneer in Housing and Industry
14. The Gentle, Faithful Houston Women
15. Edinburgh’s Historic Royal Mile
16. The Houstons Espouse Presbyterianism
17. Tribulations of Thomas Houston, Minister
18. Bloody Rescue of Covenanter David Houston
PART II: FORGING OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH HOUSTONS
20. Ireland, Land of Blood and Tears 78
21. Settlers in the Glens of Antrim 83
22. Houstons "Planted" Throughout Ulster 89
23. Houstons Draw Wrath of Cromwell 95
25. James Huston, Hero of the Siege of Derry 104
26. The Great Migration to America 110
PART III. IN AMERICA: THE BROKEN CHAINS
27. New Breed of Houstons in a New Land 117
28. Tall, Bold Men on the Frontier 122
29. Immigrants Foil Piracy Plot 128
30. The Pennsylvania Hustons 135
31. Great Carolina Land Development 138
32. Other Carolina Settlers 142
33. Colonists in New England 145
34. The Houstoun Family of Georgia 149
37. Roll Call of 200 Houstons in Revolutionary War 163
39. Securing the Blessings of Liberty 181
40. Ever Westward, the Spreading Stream! 185