Table of contents

1. Cover Page
2. Title Page
3. Copyright Page
4. Contents
5. List of Illustrations
6. Foreword
7. Preface and Acknowledgments
8. A Note on the Sources
9. Introduction
10. Chapter One Will Ye No Come Back Again? Macdonald’s Ancestry and Early Influences, to 1848
11. Chapter Two Macdonald’s Early Career in North America: From Bookkeeper to Tobacco Manufacturer, 1848–1861
12. Chapter Three Macdonald the Tobacco King, 1861–1917
13. Chapter Four The Island Legacy, Domestic Life, and the End of Captain John’s Dream, 1864–1906
14. Chapter Five The Evolution of Practical Education at McGill, circa 1850–1880
15. Chapter Six Macdonald’s Early Philanthropy: the Fraser Institute, McGill University, and His Search for Family, circa 1870–1892
16. Chapter Seven The Macdonald-Robertson Movement and the Founding of Macdonald College, 1899–1909
17. Chapter Eight Macdonald College and McGILL University: Education and Research for a New Century, 1893–1914
18. Chapter Nine Tobacco With a Heart: Macdonald’s Personality, Scottishness, Later Years, and Legacy
19. Notes
20. Index
21. Footnote