{"product_id":"9781459738850","title":"Is Canada Even Real?: How a Nation Built on Hobos, Beavers, Weirdos, and Hip Hop Convinced the World to Beliebe","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis quirky ode to a quirky land is a humorous nostalgia trip and a fun Canadian history lesson couched in a hipster quiz book.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  If you’ve ever wondered\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy is the inuksuk more revered than Wheelchair Jimmy?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes the iconic beaver really represent us better than \u003ci\u003eThe Littlest Hobo\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs everyone going canoeing without me or is canoeing way less of a thing than it’s made out to be?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  then this book is for you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Is Canada even real? It’s a question that’s being asked more and more, thanks to our waterproof, see-through, supposedly maple-scented currency and our improbably hot prime minister’s assertion that Santa lives here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the age of Google Maps and #factcheck, how could the existence of Canada be questioned? And yet how could a nation that’s the home of toboggans, Drake, and KD exist in the same realm as, say, Belgium or Niger?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eIs Canada Even Real?\u003c\/i\u003e examines the cultural factors behind the twenty-first-century monolithic myth of Canada, a nation that is lovable and real — if only in your imagination.","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184165699824,"sku":"9781459738850","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459738850_p0.jpg?v=1763870111","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459738850","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}