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Great
Scots!
How
The Scots Created Canada
By
Matthew
Shaw
Published
by Heartland Associates |
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Canada, it is said, is Scotland's revenge
on England. It provided an outlet for the ambition and ingenuity of
Scottish émigrés, and in the process, the Scots built
a nation.
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Matthew Shaw chronicles how penniless
but enterprising Scottish émigrés came to dominate almost
all forms of endeavor in early Canada and literally created much of
the country we know today.
Through the fur trade, Scots formed the back bone of North America’s
first continent - wide industry more than two hundred years ago. They
then used their power and wealth to create the first banks, railways,
shipping lines, universities, and media. They also branched into and
dominated politics, the military, and literature. In short, Great
Scots! demonstrates the astounding extent to which Canada’s fundamental
institutions and culture are a product of early, tough-minded Scottish
immigrants.
Author Matthew Shaw
Matt was born in Montana, but has lived in British Columbia for most
of his life. He spent several years as a sawmill laborer and then
as a financial consultant , before returning to school and graduating
from the Université d'Aix - Marseille and Simon Fraser University.
Later, he earned an MA from California State University. This eclectic
back ground and education have led him inexorably to writing.
For the past thir teen years,Matthew and his wife have taught at an
Adult Education school in Prince George, BC. Their interests include
travelling, canoeing, hiking and their four- year-old son, Jon.
Matthew's writing interests are varied. His first book, To Live Deliberately,
was published in 2001. His essays have appeared frequently in the
national media, including in Maclean’s magazine and on CBC Radio.
One of his enduring interests is the complex and seemingly indefinable
nature of Canadian identity.
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Futile
Observations of a Blue-Eyed Ojibway
Funny, You Don’t Look Like One #4
By Drew
Hayden Taylor
Published
by Theytus Books |
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Award
winning playwright Drew Hayden Taylor has done it again. Quoted by many
as among the best observers of contemporary Aboriginal life in Canada.
Completing the “Funny” series, this fourth and final edition
will have readers laughing at Drew’s ironic and insightful humorism.
This social commentator whose ideas and wit pour into this final edition
of the funny series, will have you rolling. His unique angle and perspectives
gives insight into native humor and life as a blue-eyed Ojibway.
Taylor is an Ojibway from the Curve Lake Reserve in Ontario. Half Ojibway
and half Caucasian, he likes to call himself an Occasion. Taylor has
established himself as an award-winning playwright, journalist, film
maker and lecturer. He has also directed three documentaries including
the very popular National Film Board production Redskins, Tricksters
and Puppy Stew, which is an examination of Native humor.
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