Dundurn imprint: 1894 books
Is Canada Even Real?
How a Nation Built on Hobos, Beavers, Weirdos, and Hip Hop Convinced the World to Beliebe
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2017
This quirky ode to a quirky land is a humorous nostalgia trip and a fun Canadian history lesson couched in a hipster quiz book.
If you’ve ever wondered
Why is the inuksuk more revered than Wheelchair Jimmy?
Does the iconic beaver really represent us better than The Littlest Hobo?
Is...
Colossal Canadian Failures
A Short History of Things that Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
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...
Discover Ontario
Stories of the Province's Unique People and Places
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2016
An exploration of the unique and unusual places in Ontario that are steeped in history and folklore.
Using updated and archival material from Discover Ontario, a popular radio show that ran from 1987 until 2004, author Terry Boyle invites you to explore the hidden, unusual, and unknown sites...
Willowdale
Yesterday's Farms, Today's Legacy
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
In 1855, Willowdale's post office opened in Jacob Cummer's store on Yonge Street. Today, streets in Toronto's community of Willowdale are peppered with the names of the early farm families of North York, such as the Shepards, Finches, and Kennedys.
Author Scott Kennedy's intriguing stories...
The Orillia Spirit
An illustrated history of Orillia
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 1996
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.
The Boy in the Picture
The Craigellachie Kid and the Driving of the Last Spike
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2010
Edward Mallandaine was there! To prove it he thrust himself into the historic photograph of the "Last Spike" being driven to mark the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Surrounded by the railway dignitaries of the time, his young face peers out amid their frosty beards.
Edward...
Don Mills
From Forests and Farms to Forces of Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2017
How Toronto’s own city farms were crowded out.
First settled in the early nineteenth century, the area now known as Don Mills retained its rural character until the end of the Second World War. After the war, population growth resulted in pressure to develop the area around Toronto and, in...
by John Goddard
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2016
Views Hamilton's heritage museums for the first time as a single community — linked by events, personalities, and function.
Nothing similar exists in print or digital form. Even individual biographies are mostly out print, and few pertinent histories exist.
Personal stories reveal the museums...
Brewed in Canada
The Untold Story of Canada's 350-Year-Old Brewing Industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
The Canadian brewing industry predates Confederation by more than two hundred years; Canada boasts the oldest continuously operating brewery in North America. Canadian brewers have survived the persecution of the Temperance Movement and Prohibition, the Great Depression, two World Wards, and the challenge...
by Robin LeBlanc, Jordan St. John
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2016
Forget wine tours! This is the comprehensive guide to Ontario’s craft-beer revival and the brewers behind it.
The renaissance of craft beer that has swept North America over the past thirty years has transformed the Ontario landscape, leaving over two hundred breweries, both great and humble,...
The Ontario Craft Beer Guide
Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2017
With nearly one hundred new breweries, this second edition of The Ontario Craft Beer Guide is an indispensable field guide to the province’s beer.
The explosion of craft beer variety in North America has created a climate of amazing quality and bewildering options for beer drinkers. Choosing...
Tokyo, My Everest
A Canadian Woman in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1995
By either folly or design, Gabrielle Bauer finds herself on a plane bound for Tokyo, leaving her career, home, and husband behind.
Co-winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Awards 1997.
The Strange Gift of Gwendolyn Golden
The Night Flyer's Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
This morning, I woke up on the ceiling …
So begins the strange story of Gwendolyn Golden. One perfectly ordinary day for no apparent reason, she wakes up floating around her room like one of her little brother’s Batman balloons.
Puberty is weird enough. Everyone already thinks she’s...
Tecumseh
Shooting Star, Crouching Panther
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
Shawnee war chief Tecumseh dedicated his life to stopping American expansion and preserving the lands and cultures of North American Aboriginal peoples. He travelled relentlessly trying to build a confederation of tribes that would stop the territorial ambitions of the newly created United States...