GROWING UP CANADIAN, Canada and it's youth coming of age 1960-1980, by Clyde Woolman (2023 1st Ed.)

Author: Clyde Woolman. Published by Friesen Press, Altona, Alberta, 2023, 1st Edition. Printed in USA. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 9 x 6 inch, 170 pages includes index.  

GROWING UP CANADIAN, Canada and it's youth coming of age 1960-1980, by Clyde Woolman, is equal parts history, pop culture, and trivia, the events and personalities that shaped Canada for years to come are presented with wry humour.

Whether you choose this book for entertainment, for nostalgia, for easy-to-read history, or for quirky trivia, you will be reminded of how much change has occurred in Canada over a lifetime.

There are ten chapters, each with 15 to 17 entries of four to eight paragraphs. These are listed alphabetically in each chapter and are also in general chronological order from the early 1960s to 1980. An index helps in locating a particular person or event. The ten chapters are:

1. An Electronic Hearth for the New Home (TV shows),
2. Beginnings of a Pop Music Parade (from Paul Anka to Charlebois to Anne Murray),
3. Challenges to the Status Quo (gay rights, campus unrest, feminism, protests and more),
4. Keeping Up with Being Cool (fads and fashion),
5. Making and Losing Money (some businesses and investments thrive, others decline),
6. On Stage and Screen (theatre and movies),
7. Quotes of Note (Maud Lewis, Lester Pearson, Phil Esposito, Buffy Sainte-Marie and many more, complete with background information),
8. So Much Northern Humour (comedy from Rich Little to the 1980 “hosers,” Bob and Doug Mackenzie),
9. Sports Stories (many more than just hockey players),
10. Trying Times with the Big Brash Neighbour (dealing with the United States).

ISBN: 9781039179486  

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