Canadian History for Dummies Read Online By Will Ferguson
| Title | : | Canadian History for Dummies |
| Author | : | Will Ferguson |
| Format | : | Paperback |
| Page | : | 502 pages |
| ISBN | : | 0470836563 |
A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cultures and early French and British settlements through Paul Martin s shaky minority government This timely update features all the latest, up to the minute findings in histor A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cultures and early French and British settlements through Paul Martin s shaky minority government This timely update features all the latest, up to the minute findings in historical and archeological research In his trademark irreverent style, Will Ferguson celebrates Canada s double gold in hockey at the 2002 Olympics, investigates Jean Chretien s decision not to participate in the war in Iraq, and dissects the recent sponsorship scandal
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Will Ferguson born William Stener Ferguson is a Canadian writer and novelist who is best known for his humorous observations on Canadian history and culture His success as a writer can be attributed to an innate ability to view Canada much the same way an outsider would, as described in his debut book, the ironically named Why I Hate Canadians Ferguson talks about this in a recent CBC radio in Will Ferguson born William Stener Ferguson is a Canadian writer and novelist who is best known for his humorous observations on Canadian history and culture His success as a writer can be attributed to an innate ability to view Canada much the same way an outsider would, as described in his debut book, the ironically named Why I Hate Canadians Ferguson talks about this in a recent CBC radio interview as well Ferguson was born fourth of six children in the former trading post of Fort Vermilion, Alberta, approximately 800 km north of Edmonton His parents split up when he was 6 during a brief interlude in Regina At the age of 16 he quit school and moved to Saskatoon, Dauphin, and Red Deer He then joined the Canadian government funded programs Katimavik and Canada World Youth He studied film production and screenwriting at York University in Toronto graduating with a B.F.A in 1990.Ferguson joined the JET Programme in the early 1990s and lived in Kyushu, Japan, for five years teaching English He married his wife Terumi in Kumamoto, Japan, in 1995 After coming back from Japan he experienced a severe reverse culture shock, which became the basis for his first book Why I Hate Canadians He details his experiences hitchhiking across Japan in Hokkaido Highway Blues, later retitled Hitching Rides with Buddha.Ferguson has won the Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour twice, for Generica later renamed Happiness in 2002 and Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw in 2005.He currently resides in Calgary, Alberta, with his wife and two sons His older brother, Ian Ferguson, also won the Stephen Leacock Medal, for Village of the Small Houses.Ferguson is also an outspoken critic of the monarchy of Canada, both publicly and in his books He is often quoted in the media when the monarchy issue is being debated, particularly from his 1997 book Why I Hate Canadians, in which he says Royalty exists only through an act of willful ignorance on the part of their subjects Call it a suspension of common sense He contrasts this with profiles of Canadian secessionist and independence movements such as the Republic of Madawaska in his book Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw 2004 
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A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling r
502 pagesWill Ferguson
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