For more than seven centuries, the clans of Clan Chattan stood at the heart of Highland history—an alliance of Mackintoshes, Macphersons, Davidsons, MacBeans, MacGillivrays, MacQueens of Strathdearn, Shaws of Tordarroch, MacPhails, Farquharsons, MacThomas families, the Macleans of Dochgarroch, the MacIntyres of Badenoch, and other kindreds whose fates rose and fell together. Clans of the Clan Chattan Confederation is the definitive modern narrative of this remarkable network of tribes: a confederation bound not only by blood, but by ancient custom, political necessity, and shared survival. Across vivid chapters, the book traces how each clan carved out its identity—through loyalty and rivalry, war and migration, strongholds in Badenoch and Strathdearn, and the forging of traditions that endured long after the old clan order passed. Readers will explore the social fabric that shaped the confederation, from medieval bonds of manrent to the internal debates that defined leadership, kinship, landholding, and autonomy under the Mackintosh captains. From the upheavals of forfeiture, Jacobite war, and economic transformation to the global dispersal of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the story widens into the experiences of thousands who carried their surnames—and their memories—far beyond the Highlands. In North America, Australasia, and across the Scottish diaspora, descendants continued to preserve tales of chiefs, heroes, tragedies, and ancestral homes through story, song, place-names, and family tradition. The book concludes with a powerful epilogue on memory, diaspora, and DNA , showing how modern genealogy, clan societies, archives, and genetic research have helped reconnect people around the world with the story of Clan Chattan and its many branches. It is a portrait not only of a confederation, but of how heritage survives—adapted, remembered, and renewed. Richly researched and written in accessible narrative prose, Clans of the Clan Chattan Confederation is an essential volume for anyone exploring Highland history, Scottish genealogy, or the enduring legacy of Scotland’s kin-based communities.