Author: Will Ferguson
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307369080
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The follow-up to the back-to-back successes of How to Be a Canadian (over 110,000 copies sold) and Happiness™ (Winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour). Will Ferguson spent a three-year period criss-crossing Canada and back again. In a helicopter above the barrenlands of the sub-Arctic, in a canoe with his four-year-old son, aboard seaplanes and along the Underground Railroad, Will’s travels have taken him from Cape Spear on the coast of Newfoundland to the sun-dappled streets of Olde Victoria. In his last book, Will told us how to be Canadian; now in this book, he will tell us what it means to be Canadian. Will’s journey takes him to far-flung isolated communities as well as deep into Canada’s urban centres. From the “million-acre farm” that is P.E.I. to the tobacco belt of southern Ontario, from the architectural mess that is Montreal to the glorious jumble that is St. John’s, from a renegade republic in northwestern New Brunswick to a tundra buggy in the polar bear migration paths of Hudson Bay, Will explodes the myths of who we are. Funny, poignant and insightful, Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw is a provocative tribute to our quirky and fascinating country. Excerpt from Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: In one particular seedy St. John’s pub, I was adopted by a work crew from Portugal Cove who took an immediate, almost antagonistic liking to me. “You’re from Alberta, you say? I have a cousin in Fort McMurray, maybe you know him.” (Everybody in Newfoundland has a cousin in Fort McMurray.) The crew from Portugal Cove tormented me with screech and second-hand smoke as they regaled me with tales of how their families were so poor “back when” that all they could afford to eat were lobsters. This was not the first time I had heard this. Apparently half the population of Newfoundland has subsisted on lobster at some point or other.
Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw
Author: Will Ferguson
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307369080
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The follow-up to the back-to-back successes of How to Be a Canadian (over 110,000 copies sold) and Happiness™ (Winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour). Will Ferguson spent a three-year period criss-crossing Canada and back again. In a helicopter above the barrenlands of the sub-Arctic, in a canoe with his four-year-old son, aboard seaplanes and along the Underground Railroad, Will’s travels have taken him from Cape Spear on the coast of Newfoundland to the sun-dappled streets of Olde Victoria. In his last book, Will told us how to be Canadian; now in this book, he will tell us what it means to be Canadian. Will’s journey takes him to far-flung isolated communities as well as deep into Canada’s urban centres. From the “million-acre farm” that is P.E.I. to the tobacco belt of southern Ontario, from the architectural mess that is Montreal to the glorious jumble that is St. John’s, from a renegade republic in northwestern New Brunswick to a tundra buggy in the polar bear migration paths of Hudson Bay, Will explodes the myths of who we are. Funny, poignant and insightful, Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw is a provocative tribute to our quirky and fascinating country. Excerpt from Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: In one particular seedy St. John’s pub, I was adopted by a work crew from Portugal Cove who took an immediate, almost antagonistic liking to me. “You’re from Alberta, you say? I have a cousin in Fort McMurray, maybe you know him.” (Everybody in Newfoundland has a cousin in Fort McMurray.) The crew from Portugal Cove tormented me with screech and second-hand smoke as they regaled me with tales of how their families were so poor “back when” that all they could afford to eat were lobsters. This was not the first time I had heard this. Apparently half the population of Newfoundland has subsisted on lobster at some point or other.
Publisher: Vintage Canada
ISBN: 0307369080
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
The follow-up to the back-to-back successes of How to Be a Canadian (over 110,000 copies sold) and Happiness™ (Winner of the Leacock Medal for Humour). Will Ferguson spent a three-year period criss-crossing Canada and back again. In a helicopter above the barrenlands of the sub-Arctic, in a canoe with his four-year-old son, aboard seaplanes and along the Underground Railroad, Will’s travels have taken him from Cape Spear on the coast of Newfoundland to the sun-dappled streets of Olde Victoria. In his last book, Will told us how to be Canadian; now in this book, he will tell us what it means to be Canadian. Will’s journey takes him to far-flung isolated communities as well as deep into Canada’s urban centres. From the “million-acre farm” that is P.E.I. to the tobacco belt of southern Ontario, from the architectural mess that is Montreal to the glorious jumble that is St. John’s, from a renegade republic in northwestern New Brunswick to a tundra buggy in the polar bear migration paths of Hudson Bay, Will explodes the myths of who we are. Funny, poignant and insightful, Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw is a provocative tribute to our quirky and fascinating country. Excerpt from Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: In one particular seedy St. John’s pub, I was adopted by a work crew from Portugal Cove who took an immediate, almost antagonistic liking to me. “You’re from Alberta, you say? I have a cousin in Fort McMurray, maybe you know him.” (Everybody in Newfoundland has a cousin in Fort McMurray.) The crew from Portugal Cove tormented me with screech and second-hand smoke as they regaled me with tales of how their families were so poor “back when” that all they could afford to eat were lobsters. This was not the first time I had heard this. Apparently half the population of Newfoundland has subsisted on lobster at some point or other.
The Moose Jaw
Author: Mike Delany
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781484085196
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Volume 1 of the Fergus O'Neill series, "Gus" as he is known to his friends, sets out to build a cabin on Moose Jaw Creek in the Alaska bush. The native Alaskans have a saying that 'a white man too long alone out there will go mad'. His encounters with a mysterious woman, a bear that would not die, and two brutal brothers who raped and killed with impunity, made Gus think perhaps he had gone a little crazy. It takes his two closest friends, a retired State Trooper and a bush pilot/veterinarian to help him discover the strange truth.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781484085196
Category : Alaska
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Volume 1 of the Fergus O'Neill series, "Gus" as he is known to his friends, sets out to build a cabin on Moose Jaw Creek in the Alaska bush. The native Alaskans have a saying that 'a white man too long alone out there will go mad'. His encounters with a mysterious woman, a bear that would not die, and two brutal brothers who raped and killed with impunity, made Gus think perhaps he had gone a little crazy. It takes his two closest friends, a retired State Trooper and a bush pilot/veterinarian to help him discover the strange truth.
Tunnels of Time
Author: Mary Harelkin Bishop
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550501643
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Andrea Talbot travels back in time and finds herself up in a dangerous underground adventure in the infamous tunnels under Moose Jaw.
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550501643
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Andrea Talbot travels back in time and finds herself up in a dangerous underground adventure in the infamous tunnels under Moose Jaw.
Moose Jaw
Author: John Larsen
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550501636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In dramatic writing and numerous archival and contemporary photos, this accessible and lively coffee-table book tells the story of the small prairie city with the big, big reputation.Despite its odd name - or maybe even partially because of it - Moose Jaw has had a history that is rich beyond that of most of its sister prairie cities. This new and comprehensive book charts the events that make up both the city's history and its mythology: the infamous River Street red-light district; the time half the police force threw the other half in jail; the coming of the air force training base. And, of course, those mysterious tunnels.Extensive interviews with Moose Jaw people who were witness to many of its historical highlights give the book a conversational immediacy. Numerous photos from past and present, along with reproductions of letters, posters, handbills and interesting documents, present the visual record to complement the text.
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 9781550501636
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
In dramatic writing and numerous archival and contemporary photos, this accessible and lively coffee-table book tells the story of the small prairie city with the big, big reputation.Despite its odd name - or maybe even partially because of it - Moose Jaw has had a history that is rich beyond that of most of its sister prairie cities. This new and comprehensive book charts the events that make up both the city's history and its mythology: the infamous River Street red-light district; the time half the police force threw the other half in jail; the coming of the air force training base. And, of course, those mysterious tunnels.Extensive interviews with Moose Jaw people who were witness to many of its historical highlights give the book a conversational immediacy. Numerous photos from past and present, along with reproductions of letters, posters, handbills and interesting documents, present the visual record to complement the text.
Tunnels of Terror
Author: Mary Harelkin Bishop
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550506293
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Andrea goes back to Moose Jaw, and back to the tunnels of the past, this time to help break up a theft ring made up of some surprising criminals.
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550506293
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Andrea goes back to Moose Jaw, and back to the tunnels of the past, this time to help break up a theft ring made up of some surprising criminals.
Moose Jaw Murders and Other Deaths
Author: Bruce Fairman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981347905
Category : Moose Jaw (Sask.)
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981347905
Category : Moose Jaw (Sask.)
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Tunnels of Treachery
Author: Mary Harelkin Bishop
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550506307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Andrea has to go back to the Moose Jaw tunnels to rescue two of her friends who have fallen into the hands of those who exploit immigrant workers.
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550506307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Andrea has to go back to the Moose Jaw tunnels to rescue two of her friends who have fallen into the hands of those who exploit immigrant workers.
Tunnels of Tyranny
Author: Mary Harelkin Bishop
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550506315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Andrea and her brother Tony are back in the tunnels, coming face to face with a new tyranny known as the Ku Klux Klan.
Publisher: Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550506315
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Andrea and her brother Tony are back in the tunnels, coming face to face with a new tyranny known as the Ku Klux Klan.
13 Ways to Kill Your Community
Author: Doug Griffiths
Publisher: Frontenac House
ISBN: 1897181426
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Let’s suppose you have a really ambitious goal in life – you want to kill your community! You want to drive away people, eliminate jobs, undermine businesses, and you won’t quit until the whole place is in ruins. Don’t know how to go about it? You’re in luck – here is a handy manual, chock-full of proven ideas, for the up-and-coming town wrecker. This is the book for you! But suppose you have a different goal – you want to save your community. You want to promote growth, ensure prosperity, build for the future. Well, you too can benefit from 13 Ways. All you have to do is follow the advice in reverse, and before you know it, you and your neighbours will have built a thriving, successful community that’s the envy of everyone.
Publisher: Frontenac House
ISBN: 1897181426
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
Let’s suppose you have a really ambitious goal in life – you want to kill your community! You want to drive away people, eliminate jobs, undermine businesses, and you won’t quit until the whole place is in ruins. Don’t know how to go about it? You’re in luck – here is a handy manual, chock-full of proven ideas, for the up-and-coming town wrecker. This is the book for you! But suppose you have a different goal – you want to save your community. You want to promote growth, ensure prosperity, build for the future. Well, you too can benefit from 13 Ways. All you have to do is follow the advice in reverse, and before you know it, you and your neighbours will have built a thriving, successful community that’s the envy of everyone.