next, an interview with hugh golson author of "the sign of the buck." >> andrew low was one of savannah's more prominent citizens. he was a merchant, he was a entrepreneur, he was a family man, but technically there's two andrew lows. first of all, this is a scottish family. they are from the area on the east coast of scotland. the low family were not the most important people around. they were tenant farmers on the lands of the lord's keith who were the big shots in the neighborhood. and scotland had been in to a bitter conflict with england for years, and they had paid dearly for it. the scottish could not do business outside of their nation. they were banned from doing commerce in the british empire. but those restrictions were lifted in the early 1700s, and we see scotsmen pour out over the british empire with their skills attending ledgers and moving merchandise. and they appear all over america. and the low family was one such scottish family. it was more than just a family, it became a syndicate of the extended family of the lows, the isaacs, the taylors and others. it started with