A Look at Some of the Scots
Who Helped Form Canada
HOW THE SCOTS CREATED CANADA
By Paul Cowan
Dragon Hill Publishing
ISBN-10: 1-896124-10-0
The Scots left the Highlands and the Lowlands in droves to conquer the wilderness and create a thriving nation in Canada. They were the discoverers, conquerors, fur traders, soldiers, explorers, businessmen, prime ministers, settlers, musicians, artists, inventors, visionaries, and builders that helped shape the new nation.
A new book by Paul Cowan now explores the great movement of Scots to Canada, from early exploration years to modern times. In How the Scots Created Canada, Cowan has woven an entertaining and playful look at some of the most significant and fascinating characters who helped formed this country.
In fact, reading How the Scots Created Canada is like a lesson in Canadian history, covering such famous names as Canada's first prime minister and best-known Father of Confederation Sir John A. MacDonald, who faced scandal and turmoil during his tenure.
As Cowan points out, the birth of a nation can be a long and often dysfunctional process. It can be even tougher when nearly all the fathers of the nation are Scots. For more than 50 years, these men bickered and fought over the future shape of their new home, and some of the scars suffered in those days have never quite healed.
Another Scot who dramatically changed life in Canada and the way Canadians see themselves was Tommy Douglas, the man responsible for universal health care in Canada.
Alexander Graham Bell is another Scot who not only changed Canada but the world over with his discovery of the telephone.
Across the country, Scots filled every province influencing a developing nation. Among these are rival fur traders who waged a bloody war in the Canadian wilderness, and Gaelic speaking outlaws whose exploits thrilled Quebecers in the late 1800s.
How the Scots Created Canada also includes many of the ordinary Scots folk who made Canada what it is today.
Author Paul Cowan is a recent transplant to Canada. He started out in journalism as a copy boy on one of the biggest daily newspapers in Scotland. After studying journalism in Edinburgh, he went on to become one of the youngest chief reporters in Scotland in the Inverness Courier.
Paul also wrote for televison and radio during his time in Britain. He contributed to most of the major media outlets in Britain, including the Sunday Telegraph, the Independent, the British Broadcasting Corporation, the Daily Express, the Daily Mail and the Daily Record.
He decided to try his luck in Canada after hitchhiking across the country in 1992. He joined the Edmonton Sun newspaper in 1997, where he worked as a general assignment reporter, a crime reporter and covered military affairs. During his time at the Sun, he reported from Kosovo and Afghanistan.
To order How the Scots Created Canada, visit: www.lonepinepublishing.com, or call 1-800-661-9017.
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