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  • Colossal Canadian Failures

    A Short History of Things that Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time

    by Randy Richmond, Tom Villemaire ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Colossal Canadian Failures 2

    by Randy Richmond, Tom Villemaire ...
    Sure, Canada was built on dreams and hard work, but it was also built on failure - mix-ups, mistakes, screw-ups, and boondoggles. Failing at things, and laughing about them, has long been a characteristic of our citizens.Where else but in Canada would governments send farmers to land that couldn’t be farmed? Where else would an argument over the metric system almost result in the death of hundreds ... Read more

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  • The Orillia Spirit

    An Illustrated History of Orillia

    by Randy Richmond ...
    2017 Orillia Museum of Art & History Award, Historical Publications and/or Research — Winner**The history of Orillia, told through the stories of its people, bringing to life the community’s heritage and significance.The Orillia Spirit:**Muddling through Canada’s first, and hilarious, experiment with daylight savings time, Mayor “Daylight Bill” Frost had it.Creating his own money and dreaming a ... Read more

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  • The Orillia Spirit

    An illustrated history of Orillia

    by Randy Richmond ...
    The Orillia Spirit tells the history of the city through the stories of its people, who insisted on making their lives and their community alive with significance. ... Read more

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  • True Stories from Nova Scotia's Past

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    CBC Radio's Information Morning history columnist Dianne Marshall is well known for the lively and surprising true stories she tells about Nova Scotia's past. Now the best of them have been gathered together in this enjoyable book.The stories cover 250 years of Nova Scotia history, often featuring people who don't make it into conventional history books. These incredible accounts include: the plot ... Read more

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  • Haunted Hamilton

    The Ghosts of Dundurn Castle and Other Steeltown Shivers

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  • Requiem for a Giant

    A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow

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    No Canadian company has fuelled as much speculation about its demise as A.V. Roe Canada Limited. When its name was erased off the corporate map in 1962, A.V. Roe's most ambitious undertakings - the Jetliner, the Iroquois Engine, and the Arrow - were reduced to scrap.In Requiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow, Palmiro Campagna supplies us with new information to help dispel the ... Read more

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