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One of Canada's founding peoples, the Irish arrived in the Newfoundland fishing stations as early as the seventeenth century.

This is the story of the Highland Scots who sailed to Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1773 aboard the brig Hector.

Short-listed for the 1978 Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction The 19th century spawned a unique breed of men who took pride in their woodsmen skills and rough codes of conduct.

The first of its kind, this anthology showcases women's writing previously available only in Yiddish.