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Title: How to Make Love in a Canoe
Subtitle: Sex in Canada
Author: Jeff Pearce

Softcover: 5.25″ x 8.25″ • 256 pages
ISBN: 978-1-926677-72-9
Retail List Price: $18.95
BISAC CODE: SOC022000
BISAC CATEGORY: SOCIAL SCIENCE/ Popular Culture
How to Make Love in a Canoe
Sex in Canada
Jeff Pearce

At last! A Canadian history with naughty bits! Jeff Pearce offers an irreverent romp through Canada’s little known sexual history—including the parts your teacher never shared in sex ed. This book proves that our past has never  been dull. In fact, there was a whole lot of heavy breathing going on:

  • Visit the golden age of brothels on the Prairies in the early 20th century. Don’t worry; the cops won’t mind: Winnipeg’s first police chief was caught naked with a prostitute during a raid!
  • Have a peek at the German party girl who had affairs with two Cabinet ministers in the Diefenbaker government. She was accused of being a spy and prompted international headlines.
  • Sift through the amazing life of military surgeon, James Barry, who was briefly stationed in Canada to look after barracks and hospitals— he wasn’t a “James.”
  • Discover how in 1966, one man faced the prospect of life in prison and was branded a “dangerous sexual offender” for simply being a homosexual; his case prompted the Trudeau government to change the laws.
  • Roll your eyes at the most uptight city in Canada (Toronto), where you couldn’t see Pretty Baby or the Tin Drum in theatres and where the Barenaked Ladies couldn’t play Nathan Phillips Square on New Year’s Eve because of the band’s name.
  • Follow the bizarre change in times as extreme radical feminists from the U.S. influence Canada’s courts because they believe pornography “victimizes women.”A key decision gives police a new weapon for crackdowns when they target shops like the Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium in Vancouver.

So slip into something comfortable as you read a tantalizing, steamy chronicle like no other about our home and naked land. Just lie back and think of Canada…

Jeff Pearce
JEFF PEARCE is an award-winning novelist and playwright who has worked as a writer and editor for both television and magazines. The Winnipeg-born Pearce has a good perspective on Canada and Canadians, gleaned from living abroad for many years. His sense of adventure took him to Myanmar (Burma) in 2005, where he taught journalism in a country where reporters are often harassed and imprisoned. How to Make Love in a Canoe is Pearce’s third book of non-fiction. He also is author of Gangs in Canada and How CODE #2132 the English Created Canada. He lives in Toronto.

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