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A transformative work that explodes assumptions about the importance of the Great Irish Potato Famine to Irish immigration.

The first-ever comprehensive book written on early English immigration to Canada, Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers introduces a series of three titles on The English in Canada.

The days when Aberdeen’s "fast sailing and copper-bottomed" ships carried emigrant Scots to Canada are brought to life in this fascinating account of the northern Scotland exodus during t

Set at the turn of the twentieth century and spread across the enormous canvas of Russia itself, Another Winter, Another Spring is a tale of love and loyalty tested against great hardship and suffe

"Lawrence was quite possibly the most remarkable woman in Canada.

Winner of the 1969 John Burroughs Medal From childhood Louise de Kiriline Lawrence dreamed of settling one day in an unspoiled, tranquil spot and living in harmony with nature.

A charming account of the author's special relationship with the birds and wild creatures who shared her northern homesite at Pimisi Bay, near Mattawa, Ontario.

This is the first fully documented and detailed account, produced in recent times, of one of the greatest early migrations of Scots to North America.

Scots who opted for pioneer life in Prince Edward Island are the subject of this book.

This book provides the first exhaustive study of the great Scottish exodus to Canada written in modern times.

Belfast, Prince Edward Island, founded in August 1803, owes its existence to Lord Selkirk.

Glengarry, Upper Canada’s first major Scottish settlement, was established in 1784 by Highlanders from Inverness-shire.

This is the first fully documented account, produced in modern times, of the migration of Scots to Lower Canada.

"Writing with uncanny skill, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence leads us gently into the world of birds.

Most emigration from England was voluntary, self-financed, and pursued by people who, while expecting to improve their economic prospects, were also critical of the areas in which they first settle