Heartland Associates, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 2003, 1^st.  ISBN 1-896150-44-6.  Hard cover, 224 pages.  Very good plus; binding sound with headbands, spine ends lightly pushed, upper corners lightly bumped.  Dust jacket with price intact shows very light rubs; some light scratches and impressions.  Interior pages are clean and unmarked, white and bright; colour and black & white illustrations.  FLAT SIGNED by author on title page.  ‘Through the fur trade, Scots formed the backbone of North America’s first continent-wide industry more than two hundred years ago.  They then used their power to create the first banks, railways, shipping lines, universities, and media.  They also branched into and dominated politics, the military and literature.  This book demonstrates the astounding extent to which Canada’s fundamental institutions and culture are a product of early, tough-minded Scottish immigrants.’ (from front flap)