Is Canada Even Real?: How a Nation Built on Hobos, Beavers, Weirdos, and Hip Hop Convinced the World to Beliebe by J.C. Villamere
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Did you know that Canada is a real country? That 2017 marks her 150 year of independence? Did you know they have their own tv and government and have hosted the olympics?
As an American I know how horribly ignorant we our of our neighbors to the north. And you are probably wondering how different they could be
This book pokes fun at those differences. You don’t need to know Canadian history or culture to enjoy this book. You don’t need to know who was the first prime minister or what tv shows they have had. In fact the book is written with the assumption that you do not know any of these things.
Don’t expect to read it to learn anything non trivial though. This is all weird trivia and totally fun. We learn there is a cartoon character called Peter the Puck to promote hockey. We learn about a pair of mascots for the Calgary olympics called Hidy and Howdy, pollard bears even though there are no polar bears living in Calgary. And we learn that the name of the Hudson Bay Company magazine fit years was called The Beaver.
Each chapter ends with a quiz with the answers, which are also amusing.
Would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read about the weirder facts of Canada
Thanks to Netgalley for making this available for an honest review