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Is Canada Even Real?: How a Nation Built on Hobos, Beavers, Weirdos, and Hip Hop Convinced the World to Beliebe
Contributor(s): Villamere, J. C. (Author)
ISBN: 1459738837     ISBN-13: 9781459738836
Publisher: Dundurn Group
OUR PRICE:   $14.39  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2017
Qty:
Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Humor | Form - Trivia
- Reference | Questions & Answers
- History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-)
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5" W x 7" (0.80 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Canadian
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
This quirky ode to a quirky land is a humorous nostalgia trip and a fun Canadian history lesson couched in a hipster quiz book.

If you've ever wondered

  • Why is the inuksuk more revered than Wheelchair Jimmy?
  • Does the iconic beaver really represent us better than The Littlest Hobo?
  • Is everyone going canoeing without me or is canoeing way less of a thing than it's made out to be?
then this book is for you.

Is Canada even real? It's a question that's being asked more and more, thanks to our waterproof, see-through, supposedly maple-scented currency and our improbably hot prime minister's assertion that Santa lives here.

In the age of Google Maps and #factcheck, how could the existence of Canada be questioned? And yet how could a nation that's the home of toboggans, Drake, and KD exist in the same realm as, say, Belgium or Niger?

Is Canada Even Real? examines the cultural factors behind the twenty-first-century monolithic myth of Canada, a nation that is lovable and real -- if only in your imagination.

Contributor Bio(s): Villamere, J. C.: -

J.C. Villamere, who knew how to drive a Ski-Doo by age eight, reminds you that your country is wise and weird and you're in charge of keeping it that way.