I Know That Name!: The People Behind Canada's Best Known Brand Names from Elizabeth Arden to Walter Zeller - Tapa blanda

Ray, Randy; Kearney, Mark

 
9781550024074: I Know That Name!: The People Behind Canada's Best Known Brand Names from Elizabeth Arden to Walter Zeller
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ISBN 10: 1550024078 ISBN 13: 9781550024074
Editorial: Dundurn Group Ltd, 2002

Sinopsis

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.

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.

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Acerca de los autores

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.



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.

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Editorial
Dundurn Group Ltd
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1550024078
ISBN 13 
9781550024074
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
312
Contacto del fabricante
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