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How the Scots Created Canada.(Brief article)(Book review)

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How the Scots Created Canada, by Paul Cowan. Edmonton: Dragon Hill Publishing Ltd., 240 pp., illus., soft cover, $18.95. This journalistic venture into Canadian history is a great success. Well written and humourous, it ...

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