| I Know That Name!: The People Behind Canada's Best Known Brand Names from Elizabeth Arden to Walter Zeller Contributor(s): Ray, Randy (Author), Kearney, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550024078 ISBN-13: 9781550024074 Publisher: Dundurn Group OUR PRICE: $14.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 Annotation: Every day Canadians buy groceries at Sobeys, develop film at Black's, or grab a coffee at Tim Hortons without giving it a second thought. These brands are in our lives and in the public eye. We're familiar with the names, but what do we really know about the people who lie behind them? I Know That Name! will answer these questions for you. It's full of fun facts, intriguing trivia, and engrossing explorations of more than one hundred Canadian men and women who beat the odds to become household names, including Timothy Eaton, Laura Secord, and J.L. Kraft. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Trivia - Biography & Autobiography | Business - History |
| Dewey: 338.092 |
| LCCN: 2002491908 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.58" W x 8.5" (1.10 lbs) 312 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Every day Canadians buy groceries at Sobey's, develop film at Black's, or grab a coffee at Tim Horton's without giving it a second thought. These brands are in our lives and in the public eye. We're familiar with the names, but what do we really know about the people who lie behind them? I Know That Name will answer these questions for you. It's full of fun facts, intriguing trivia, and engrossing explorations of more than one hundred Canadian men and women who beat the odds to become household names, including Timothy Eaton, Laura Secord, and J.L. Kraft. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ray, Randy: - Randy Ray is a freelance writer, author and publicist. He worked as a reporter with The London Free Press for 13 years, including three years as the newspaper's Parliament Hill correspondent. He lives in Ottawa. Kearney, Mark: -Mark Kearney lives in London and has worked as a journalist for almost twenty-five years. He has a journalism degree from the University of Western Ontario. |