In April 1923 the SS Metagama weighed anchor off Stornoway and set sail for Montreal. On board were three hundred young men and women bound for a new life in North America. Partly driven by the lure of opportunities overseas, these young Leosachs were also participants in the new government program of state-aided emigration.

Based on personal interviews with those who traveled to the New World on the Metagama and other ships, Jim Wilkie sets their story in the context of emigration in Lewis over the centuries, to produce a fascinating insight into one of the central events in the island’s history.

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Metagama Contents
• Preface to the Birlinn Edition
• Preface
• Introduction
• Early Emigration
  • Chapter One
  • Chapter Two
  • Chapter Three
  • Chapter Four
• The Metagama Emigration
  • Chapter Five
  • Chapter Six
  • Chapter Seven
  • Chapter Eight
  • Chapter Nine
  • Chapter Ten
• Interviews
  • Author’s Note
  • Donald ‘Tulag’ MacLeod
  • Angus MacDonald (Ness)
  • Mary (MacFarlane) MacIver
  • Mr and Mrs Angus MacDonald
  • Angus MacRitchie
  • Mary Ann (MacLeod) MacDonald
  • Norman ‘Broxy’ MacKenzie
  • Murdo M. MacLean
  • Lloyd Leland
  • James R. MacLeod
  • Hugh Fraser
  • John MacDonald – Seonaidh Shiurra
  • Donald ‘Chrut’ MacLeod
  • Murchadh Domhnullach
• Summary
• Appendix I – Shipping List
• Appendix II – Songs
• Bibliography