Is Canada Even Real? is a funny nostalgia trip for Canadians and those poor, tobboganless souls outside our maple-scented borders. This book handily stitches together a fresh national identity based on Canada’s true modern icons. It’s a fun history lesson, and a quirky ode to a quirky land. Read More
Is Canada Even Real? is a funny nostalgia trip for Canadians and those poor, tobboganless souls outside our maple-scented borders. This book handily stitches together a fresh national identity based on Canada’s true modern icons. It’s a fun history lesson, and a quirky ode to a quirky land. Read More
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.
Details
Price: $15.99
Pages: 304
Carton Quantity: 35
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date: 30th May 2017
Trim Size: 5 x 7 in
ISBN: 9781459738836
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HUMOR / Topic / History HUMOR / Form / Trivia HUMOR / Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture
Reviews
Is Canada even real? As real as my arms and legs. As real as Don Cherry’s jackets. Or a Gordie Howe hat trick. I real-ly (get it?) enjoyed this book.
- Bryan McFarlane, creator of Peter Puck speaking as Peter Puck
“Quirky but real! Ours is a wise, weird, wonderful country. Let’s celebrate the fact!,”
- Our Canada
[A] quirky nostalgia trip for Canadians who value contributions to our national identity.
- Globe and Mail
With July 1st marking Canada’s celebration of 150 years as a country, there are a slew of new books that focus on some aspect of history or culture … one that stands out bears the unlikely title Is Canada Even Real?
- SubTerrain
Author Bio
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section One: HOBOS: Which Haunting Hobo Myths Are Real and Which Are Imagined? 1. The Littlest Hobo: Our German Shepherd Guardian Angel TV Star 2. Sol: The Hobo Clown of Parlez-Moi/Your Nightmares 3. Wilf Carter: Maritime Cowboy and Hobo Balladeer 4. Hobo with a Shotgun: Vigilante Hobo Canuxploitation A-Go-Go
Section Two: BEAVERS: What's True and What's a Dam Lie? 5. The "Beaver Hour": CanCon Quota Gets a Ghetto Shot 6. Hinterland’s Who’s Who: Cool Flute Tune but Beaver Questions Remain 7. Cucumber: Moose + Beaver + Tree House = Zero Cukes 8. The Beaver: Tittering Pervs Force Mag's Name Change
Section Three: HIP HOP: Is Any of These Scenarios Legit? 9. Electric Circus: Let's Spandex-Dance on TV 10. Maestro Fresh-Wes: The Backbone of Canadian Hip Hop 11. Snow: All the "Informer" Info That's Fit to Print 12. "Wheelchair Jimmy": Started from Degrassi, Now He's Drizzy
Section Four: WEIRDOS: Which of These Were Actually Canadian Prime Ministers? 13. Sir John A. MacDonald: Founder of the "Go Home, Dad, You're Drunk" Meme 14. William Lyon Mckenzie King: Inspired Spiritualist, Big, Big Fan of Dogs 15. Stephen Harper: Hockey Fan, Murdoch Mysteries Star 16. Justin Trudeau: #hair
Bonus Round: MASCOTS: Which of These Creations Were Brought to Fruition? 17. Hidy and Howdy: Twin Rodeo Polar Bears 18. Peter Puck: The Itchy & Scratchy of Hockey 19: Youppi!: The Ulitmate Free Agent 20: Bonhomme: Super A-Lister Snowman
Acknowledgements Appendix Sources Image Credits Index About the Author
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.
Price: $15.99
Pages: 304
Carton Quantity: 35
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Publication Date: 30th May 2017
Trim Size: 5 x 7 in
ISBN: 9781459738836
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HUMOR / Topic / History HUMOR / Form / Trivia HUMOR / Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture
Is Canada even real? As real as my arms and legs. As real as Don Cherry’s jackets. Or a Gordie Howe hat trick. I real-ly (get it?) enjoyed this book.
– Bryan McFarlane, creator of Peter Puck speaking as Peter Puck
“Quirky but real! Ours is a wise, weird, wonderful country. Let’s celebrate the fact!,”
– Our Canada
[A] quirky nostalgia trip for Canadians who value contributions to our national identity.
– Globe and Mail
With July 1st marking Canada’s celebration of 150 years as a country, there are a slew of new books that focus on some aspect of history or culture … one that stands out bears the unlikely title Is Canada Even Real?
– SubTerrain
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.
Introduction
Section One: HOBOS: Which Haunting Hobo Myths Are Real and Which Are Imagined? 1. The Littlest Hobo: Our German Shepherd Guardian Angel TV Star 2. Sol: The Hobo Clown of Parlez-Moi/Your Nightmares 3. Wilf Carter: Maritime Cowboy and Hobo Balladeer 4. Hobo with a Shotgun: Vigilante Hobo Canuxploitation A-Go-Go
Section Two: BEAVERS: What's True and What's a Dam Lie? 5. The "Beaver Hour": CanCon Quota Gets a Ghetto Shot 6. Hinterland’s Who’s Who: Cool Flute Tune but Beaver Questions Remain 7. Cucumber: Moose + Beaver + Tree House = Zero Cukes 8. The Beaver: Tittering Pervs Force Mag's Name Change
Section Three: HIP HOP: Is Any of These Scenarios Legit? 9. Electric Circus: Let's Spandex-Dance on TV 10. Maestro Fresh-Wes: The Backbone of Canadian Hip Hop 11. Snow: All the "Informer" Info That's Fit to Print 12. "Wheelchair Jimmy": Started from Degrassi, Now He's Drizzy
Section Four: WEIRDOS: Which of These Were Actually Canadian Prime Ministers? 13. Sir John A. MacDonald: Founder of the "Go Home, Dad, You're Drunk" Meme 14. William Lyon Mckenzie King: Inspired Spiritualist, Big, Big Fan of Dogs 15. Stephen Harper: Hockey Fan, Murdoch Mysteries Star 16. Justin Trudeau: #hair
Bonus Round: MASCOTS: Which of These Creations Were Brought to Fruition? 17. Hidy and Howdy: Twin Rodeo Polar Bears 18. Peter Puck: The Itchy & Scratchy of Hockey 19: Youppi!: The Ulitmate Free Agent 20: Bonhomme: Super A-Lister Snowman
Acknowledgements Appendix Sources Image Credits Index About the Author
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