The unique business story of the little-company-that-could, surviving a rocky start in Western Canada to become one of North America's most successful steel and pipe makers. The unlikely tandem of a Texas-born industrialist and a socialist politician from Western Canada set in train a series of events that were the foundation for the birth and growth of IPSCO, one of North America's most successful steel and pipe makers. Against all odds it outpaced its much larger U.S. competitors who simply could not undermine the spirit and tenacity that is IPSCO.