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Frog Fables & Beaver Tales

by (author) Stanley Burke

illustrated by Roy Peterson

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1973
Category
Political
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780888620484
    Publish Date
    Jan 1973
    List Price
    $25.00

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Description

Earnest and industrious Beavers, funloving but discontented Frogs, a Lobster named Lugubrious J. Standfast and a wonderful Frog leader are some of the characters in this mythical tale about a Swamp named Canada.
This delightfully illustrated and satirically sharp review of Canadian history in the late 1960s and early 1970s features some familiar faces--Lester B. Pearson, Richard Nixon, Rene Levesque, the immaculate chief-frog (chief beaver?) Pierre Trudeau--evolved slightly to survive in Swamp conditions.
Frog Fables & Beaver Tales is a clever, hilarious souvenir of a particularly vibrant period in Canadian politics.

About the authors

STANLEY BURKE is a former CBC newsman.

Stanley Burke's profile page

Internationally syndicated, ROY PETERSON\s cartoons illustrations and magazine covers have appeared in all major Canadian and most American magazines and newspapers including Time magazine and the New York Times.'

Roy Peterson's profile page