1000 Questions About Canada: Places, People, Things and Ideas, A Question-and-Answer Book on Canadian Facts and Culture

by John Robert Colombo

Overview

Is the dollar bill still legal tender? Who were the Symphony Six? What is the monkey-in-a-hat stamp? These are some of the questions answered within.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780888822321
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	06/01/2001
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Robert Colombo has been called many things ... including "Master Gatherer" for his compilations of Canadiana, John "Bartlett" Colombo for his books of quotations, "Cartographer of the Canadian Imagination" for his ground-breaking anthologies of Canadian fantastic literature, and "Canada's Mr. Mystery" for his books about the supernatural and the paranormal. Since 1960 he has written, compiled or translated over 150 books.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"…a great edition for any Canadian who wants to be more informed about our great nation."

Editorial Reviews

a great edition for any Canadian who wants to be more informed about our great nation.

a great edition for any Canadian who wants to be more informed about our great nation.-- "Sources"

It is exciting to read this book, memorable to recall and perhaps even useful.

It is exciting to read this book, memorable to recall and perhaps even useful.--George Bonavia "From My Bookshelf"

John Robert Colombo, a freelance editor and journalist of talent, has a quick, witty and entertaining mind and rare feeling for words and the contemporary scene.

John Robert Colombo, a freelance editor and journalist of talent, has a quick, witty and entertaining mind and rare feeling for words and the contemporary scene.-- "Miriam Waddington"

Written with an element of surprise, this book is intended for the general reader who reads to learn and particularly enjoys off beat trivia.

Written with an element of surprise, this book is intended for the general reader who reads to learn and particularly enjoys off beat trivia.--Lynn Fenske "Resources"

From the Publisher

John Robert Colombo, a freelance editor and journalist of talent, has a quick, witty and entertaining mind and rare feeling for words and the contemporary scene.

Miriam Waddington

a great edition for any Canadian who wants to be more informed about our great nation.

Sources

Written with an element of surprise, this book is intended for the general reader who reads to learn and particularly enjoys off beat trivia.

Resources - Lynn Fenske

It is exciting to read this book, memorable to recall and perhaps even useful.

From My Bookshelf - George Bonavia

"It is exciting to read this book, memorable to recall and perhaps even useful."
— George Bonavia

From My Bookshelf

"Written with an element of surprise, this book is intended for the general reader who reads to learn and particularly enjoys off beat trivia."
— Lynn Fenske

Resources