Many Scots were involved in the exploration and settlement of North America. This is the story of three Scots who fought against the attitudes and prejudices of the day, assumed the language and culture of the tribes they encountered and even married into them.
Tom Bryan (b. 1950) is a widely published poet, fiction and non-fiction writer. Born in Canada of a Canadian father and Scottish mother, he has lived for a long time in Scotland, working as Arts Development Officer in Caithness. He was a writing fellow, Aberdeenshire, 1994-97, and for the Scottish Borders 1998-2001. Publications include North-East Passage (1996), Wolfwind (1996), amd Wolfclaw Chronicles (2000). He edited Northwords 1992-97.