I've Been Everywhere I'm Going: Humour for Seniors

Description

112 pages
Contains Illustrations
$14.95
ISBN 1-55109-134-8
DDC C818'.5402

Publisher

Year

1995

Contributor

Reviewed by Les Harding

Les Harding is the author of The Voyages of Lesser Men: Thumbnail
Sketches in Canadian Exploration and The Journeys of Remarkable Women:
Their Travels on the Canadian Frontier.

Review

James Mahar is a syndicated columnist who writes humorous and
tongue-in-cheek stories for newspapers throughout North America. He has
also done radio broadcasts on CBC’s “Mainstreet.” Collected here
are some of the author’s best columns from seven newspapers in Canada
and the United States.

The book is divided into 34 chapters, each about three pages long, with
a dozen or so black-and-white drawings. Mahar’s humor is of the
gentle-smile variety rather than the kind that evokes uproarious
guffaws. He covers a lot of topics in the small book; chapters include
“Physical Fitness After Fifty,” “The Handy Woman,” “Don’t
Diet—Erase It,” “Weird Pets,” “Jogging Is for the Birds,”
“You Can’t Trust Those Bureaucrats,” and “Hear the Saliva
Shriek.”

The book is geared to seniors, but I think readers of any age should be
able to extract a few chuckles out of it.

Citation

Mahar, James G., “I've Been Everywhere I'm Going: Humour for Seniors,” Canadian Book Review Annual Online, accessed December 21, 2024, https://cbra.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/1221.