Colossal Canadian Failures: A Short History of Things that Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time - Tapa blanda

Richmond, Randy; Villemaire, Tom

 
9781550024166: Colossal Canadian Failures: A Short History of Things that Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
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ISBN 10: 1550024167 ISBN 13: 9781550024166
Editorial: Dundurn Group, 2002

Sinopsis

Did you hear the one about the canal builder who forgot canals need water? The battle where everyone ran away? Or the boat made of ice, and the town that mixed up time? How about the shovel invented for soldiers with a hole in it? Colossal Canadian Failures is a lighthearted look at Canada’s unsung heroes the eccentrics, the failures, the misguided, and the just plain overoptimistic who never met an idea they could resist, no matter how crazy. From engineering blunders to business and political failures and more, Colossal Canadian Failures provides a muchneeded ego boost for anyone who thinks they’ve said "oops" one too many times.

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Randy Richmond is an award-winning journalist living in London, Ontario. He is the former editor of The Packet & Times in Orillia, where he wrote the first Orillia Spirit, married, and had three children. He is the coauthor of Colossal Canadian Failures 1 and 2, also published by Dundurn Press.



Tom Villemaire is a newspaper reporter and editor and a freelance writer. He lives alone in Balaclava, Ontario, and, at times when she permits, with his girlfriend in Toronto. A failed astronaut and garbage man, Villemaire lowered his sights and settled upon writing as a career.

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Editorial
Dundurn Group
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1550024167
ISBN 13 
9781550024166
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
312
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