Colossal Canadian Failures : A Short History Of Things that Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time

Richmond, Randy ; Villemaire, Tom

ISBN 10: 1550024167 / ISBN 13: 9781550024166

Published by Dundurn Press Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002

About this Item

The book is near fine with very slight edge wear.

Seller Inventory # 014582

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Colossal Canadian Failures : A Short History Of Things that Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
• Publisher: Dundurn Press Limited, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550024167
• ISBN 13: 9781550024166
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition, First Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Canadiana
  • Business & Industry

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.