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John Buchan

By Clay Lane

After two years in South Africa, a Scottish civil servant began turning out best-selling adventure tales.

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Sir Sandford Fleming

By Clay Lane

What George Stephenson was to the railways of England, Sandford Fleming was to the railways of Canada.

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The Pig-and-Potato War

By Clay Lane

In 1859, peaceful co-existence on the Canadian border was severely tested by a marauding pig.