Scottish Literary Connections to Canada
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The Alban Quest: The Search For A Lost Tribe - Paperback - Farley Mowat
The Alban people originated in Scotland but headed west, first to Iceland, then to Greenland and finally to Canada. The author traces their history and achievements and shows how they reached the other side of the Atlantic long before the Vikings.
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£9.99
Alistair MacLean's Arctic Chillers - Paperback - Alistair MacLean
In 'Bear Island', a film crew sails north to a barren Arctic island, unaware they have a killer in their midst. 'Athabasca' is MacLean's tale of a deadly and efficient entity which is intent on causing the utmost destruction to the oil fields of Canada and Alaska.
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Brigh An Òrain - Paperback
Few published collections of Gaelic song place the songs or their singers and communities in context. This book corrects this, showing how the inherited art of a fourth-generation Canadian Gael fits within biographical, social, historical contexts.
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The Canada Company And The Huron Tract, 1826-1853: Personalities, Profits And Politics - Paperback - Robert C. Lee
This title presents an insight into the part played by Scots in Canada during the middle years of the nineteenth century and reinforces the strong links that have bound the two countries ever since Scots began to emigrate to North America.
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Chasing The Comet: A Scottish-Canadian Adventure - Paperback - Patricia Koretchuk
'Dour Scot' is the wrong description for David Caldow, who leads readers on a romp from the early 20th century to the present, from an insular Scottish village to modern-day multi-cultural British Columbia, from boyhood to old age.
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Far From The Rowan Tree - Paperback - Margaret Gillies
In the 1950s many Scots and other peoples made the great leap into the unknown and emigrated to Canada. This is the account of Ronald and Margaret Gillies, their adventures and how they settled into life in the New World.
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Fast Sailing And Copper-Bottomed: Aberdeen Sailing Ships And The Emigrant Scots They Carried To Canada, 1774-1855 - Paperback - Lucille H. Campey
Lucille Campney recounts the days when Aberdeen's 'fast sailing and copper-bottomed' ships carried emigrant Scots to Canada and reveals the processes at work as well as the people behind the scenes who provided the services.
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A Kingdom Of The Mind: The Scots' Impact On The Development Of Canada - Paperback - Peter E. Rider; Heather McNabb
The authors present a selection of historical essays demonstrating the early influence of the Scots in shaping Canada's national identity.
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The Long Traverse - Paperback - John Buchan
This adventure tells the story of Donald, a boy spending his summer holidays in the Canadian countryside. Negog is his companion and guide who conjures up a strange mist from a magic fire and brings to life visions from the past.
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Midnight Cab - Paperback - James W. Nichol
Abandoned by his mother as a toddler, 19-year-old Walker Devereux is in Toronto to discover the truth about his early life. In pursuit of answers, he uncovers his family's dark secrets and comes within the deadly grasp of a man whose own early abandonment helped turn him into a murderous psychopath.
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Northern Dancer: The Legend And His Legacy - Paperback - Muriel Lennox
The story of Northern Dancer is the stuff of legend. He was a little horse, dismissed because of his size, but today his descendants dominate racing the world over. This account of the thoroughbred spirit also provides insight into the racing world.
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Oatmeal And The Catechism: Scottish Gaelic Settlers In Quebec - Paperback - Margaret Bennett
Margaret Bennett's study looks at the history, culture and folklore of the Scottish Gaelic settlers in the eastern townships of Québec.
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The Picnic - Hardback - Lesley McDowell
One day in 1973, a woman mysteriously vanishes from a family picnic while on holiday in Toronto. The multilayered narrative of 'The Picnic' explores the effect this has on her daughter and granddaughter, who return home to Scotland without her.
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£7.99
Scots In Canada - Paperback - Jenni Calder
Canada is peppered with Scottish names and Canada's phone books are filled with them. Increasingly Scottish Canadians are coming to Scotland in search of family history and over Scotland there are clues to the Scottish-Canadian relationship, the legacy of centuries of trade and communication as well as departure.
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The Scottish Pioneers Of Upper Canada, 1784-1855: Glengarry And Beyond - Paperback - Lucille H. Campey
Established in 1784 by Highlanders, Glengarry was Upper Canada's first major Scottish settlement. Providing a fascinating overview of the exodus, it is essential reading for historians, genealogists and all with an interest in the history of Scotland and Canada and the relation between the two countries.
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Second Sight - Paperback - Meg Henderson
This is a moving story of a woman sending her pilot son away to fight in the Second World War. Nancy's son, Calli is shot down in 1943 and his body is never found. For more than fifty years she is unable to accept his death, then finally the missing plane is found. But there is still a feeling of life attached to Calli.
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Sick Heart River - Paperback - John Buchan
Given a year to live, lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen fears he will die unfulfilled and disillusioned. He resolves to devote his last energies to finding and restoring to health a young Canadian banker. This is John Buchan's last novel.
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The Tenderness Of Wolves - Paperback - Stef Penney
As winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a woman steers herself for the journey of a lifetime. A man has been brutally murdered and her 17-year old son has disappeared. To clear her son's name, she has no choice but to follow the tracks leaving the dead man's cabin.
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The View From Castle Rock: Stories - Paperback - Alice Munro
On a clear day, you could see 'America' from Edinburgh's Castle Rock - or so said Alice Munro's great-great-great-grandfather, James Laidlaw, when he had taken drink. This is the story of those Ettrick shepherds and their descendants, among them the author herself.
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Voyageurs: A Novel - Paperback - Margaret Elphinstone
In 1810 Mark Greenhow leaves his Northern England home to find his sister who is a missionary and has been reported as lost somewhere in North America. Mark's journey as a Quaker is hard, Canada is on the brink of war with the USA and the continent is vast. He is forced to rely on fur traders and their canoeing skills.