Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything

by Martha Walls, Anthony Scavone (Illustrator), John MacIntyre (Editor)

From the folks who brought you the best selling Nova Scotia Book of Everything comes the Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything. From the number of kilometers of coastline, to the stories behind those weird place names (hello Jerry s Nose?) to profiles of Joey Smallwood and Mary Walsh, no book is more comprehensive than the Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything. No book is more fun. If you love Newfoundland and Labrador, you ll love The Newfoundland and Labrador Book of Everything!

Genres: Travel

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 28, 2006

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 2 out of 5]

There are some interesting facts in here, to be sure, and some interesting insights into the psyche of the province, and its history. But I found the errors increasingly distracting. Missing letters or words, repeated words, typos, misspelled names -- this book needs a serious edit before it goes to the next edition.

Some of the stats were dull as dirt, but I guess they're trying to cover everything.

[SusanwithaGoodBook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun! It says this is written for natives, but this is the kind of thing I enjoy learning about places we visit. A concise bullet point list of important history dates, a list of interesting geographic features, a bit about language and culture, and a bit about everything. I stumbled across this on Amazon and immediately ordered one. I've now ordered one for every province available. (Why no BC? They only have certain major cities in BC and Alberta.)

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

A friend loved this to us I preparation for our trip. Lots of fun facts and interesting information.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun and interesting little book of the province. Some info good to know for traveling, but mainly just a big jumble of facts about Newfoundland and Labrador.

[Nigel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read this book to understand more about my partner’s province. I would periodically lean over to her to consult on references in this book and confirmed numerous inaccuracies - both the spelling of local terms/phrases, events and other information about the region and it’s people. While it was helpful in giving me an overall picture the multiple inaccuracies would give me serious pause to recommending this to anyone else. I’d rather recommend a book written by a local knowing what I know now.