Publisher:
Little, Brown & Company (Canada) Limited
Published:
1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10951997324
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Rocco Baviera. Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped. SYNOPSIS: From the discovery of dinosaur bones in Alberta to Jacques Plante's invention of the hockey mask and Marshall McLuhan's radical analysis of the media and the modern world, Just a Minute free-wheels through some of the most interesting and human stories of a nation that was named "Kanata" after the Iroquois word for "village." Did you know that the McIntosh apple came from one accidental tree? Laura Secord never had a cow. Baseball was being played in Canada a full year before American Abner Doubleday claims to have invented the game. Governor Frontenac came to Quebec City to avoid his French creditors. And did you know that "truth, justice and the American way" was a Canadian invention? This is a hugely readable, historically correct, and wildly entertaining volume that will leave readers constantly saying to themselves, "I didn't know that."
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Very Good in Unknown jacket. Very Good 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.247. Free wheels through some of the most interesting and human stories of a nation, CANADA, that was named Kanata after the Iroquois word for village. clean tight copy minuscule edgewear but faint crease down front cover.
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New. New Ships From Canada New No dust jacket as issued 247 p; 21 cm Book Description A collection of characters and incidents from Canadian history that are sure to entertain and delight--This text refers to the Paperback edition From the Back Cover From the discovery of dinosaur bones in Alberta to Jacques Plante's invention of the hockey mask and Marshall McLuhan's radical analysis of the media and the modern world, Just A Minute free-wheels through some of the most interesting and human stories of a nation that was named "'"Kanata"'" after the Iroquois word for "'"village "'" Did you know that the McIntosh apple came from one accidental tree? Laura Secord never had a cow Baseball was being played in Canada a full year before American Abner Doubleday claims to have invented the game? Governor Frontenac came to Quebec City to avoid his French creditors? And did you that "'"truth, justice and the American way"'" was a Canadian invention? This is a hugely readable, historically accura.