Book description
When it comes to Q&A trivia, Doug Lennox has no peer. Sir Isaac
Brock, Tecumseh, Laura Secord, Norman Bethune, Terry Fox, and Roberta
Bondar are all Canadian icons we've come to cherish. Doug gives the
dope on all those famous heroes and many more, but you'll also
discover the amazing courage, pluck, and accomplishments of Upper
Canada Rebellion heroine Elizabeth Barnett, privateer Joseph Barss,
the Angel of Long Point Abigail Becker, the First Lady of Labrador
Mina Hubbard, and Second World War pilot Charley Fox - genuine heroes all!
- Who was the "musketeer in petticoats"?
- Who
was the "Laura Secord of Gananoque"?
- What War of
1812 privateer was the founder of a major Canadian bank?
- How did an aristocratic French girl become a Canadian Robinson
Crusoe?
- Who was the first Canadian firefighter to die in the
line of duty?
- How did Tom Longboat astound the world in
1907?
- Who was the first Black woman electedt o Canada's
Parliament?
- How did a dog named Gander become a Canadian war
hero?
Doug Lennox is an internationally acclaimed broadcaster, a
veteran character actor, a commercial voice artist, and a bestselling
author. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television features,
including X-Men, Police Academy, Lonesome Dove,
and Against the Ropes, and has shared screen time with Meg
Ryan, Hugh Jackman, James Garner, Burt Reynolds, Holly Hunter, Charles
Bronson, Eric McCormack, Gary Oldman. He lives in Toronto.
