Fifty Tales of Toronto / / Donald Jones.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Jones, Donald,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.) :; h/ts throughout
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; 1. Monumental murals recall the pageantry of Canada --; 2. The royal opening of a 'royal' museum --; 3. Two bronze cannon in Queen's Park recall Canada's greatest military heroes --; 4. The 'loaded' story of Canada's first airmail flight --; 5. Roger Sheaffe and 'the most dramatic day in Toronto's history' --; 6. Anne Powell's fatal love affair --; 7. Kit Coleman: the world's first woman war correspondent --; 8. The mysterious visitor who truly founded the ROM's Chinese collection --; 9. 'Caverhill': treasure of Rosedale --; 10. The teen-age triumphs of the legendary Kathleen Parlow --; 11. Sarah Bernhardt's 'scandalous' performance in Toronto --; 12. La Salle: the epic tragedy of one of the world's heroes --; 13. Was the founder of Upper Canada College the true hero of the Battle of Waterloo? --; 14. Oscar Wilde in Toronto --; 15. The violinist from Vienna who founded the Toronto Symphony Orchestra --; 16. The epic tale of the Scottish Highlanders and Toronto's first Roman Catholic church --; 17 The blind young veteran who founded the CNIB --; 18. The Toronto nurse who changed her name and became Elizabeth Arden --; 19. Béa Lillie: 'The funniest woman in the world' --; 20. Why Mackenzie King built a replica of Pasteur's tomb in Toronto --; 21. The true story behind Charles Dickens' visit to Toronto --; 22. How Leo Tolstoy and a Toronto professor brought the Doukhobors to Canada --; 23. The Grange: an architectural treasure --; 24. The extraordinary story of a dog named Beautiful Joe --; 25. The international (and surprising) tale of Mrs Morrison's opera house --; 26. The Reverend John Strachan's grand deception --; 27. Bernard Lonergan: perhaps the finest philosopher of the 20th century --; 28. Canada's Margaret Anglin: 'one of America's greatest actresses --; 29. How a beloved 'dictator' built the Hospital for Sick Children --; 30. The man who founded the Canadian Opera Company --; 31. The Toronto riots of 1832 and William Lyon Mackenzie's 'greatest moment' --; 32. The forgotten story of a Frans Hals masterpiece --; 33. Egerton Ryerson and a famous letter to the editor --; 34. The choir that wouldn't die --; 35. How a world-famous statue of Peter Pan came to Toronto --; 36. The man who helped Sigmund Freud escape from the Gestapo --; 37. Canada's first black doctor: a hero of the American Civil War --; 38. Did Captain Roy Brown really kill the Red Baron? --; 39. The actor who became governor-general --; 40. The first forester of the New World --; 41. The mystery surrounding Prince George's death --; 42. The sculptor who designed Canada's 'caribou' quarter and 'Bluenose' dime --; 43. Dr Tupper, Sir John, and the 'picnics' that changed Canada's history --; 44. Miss Deeks' notorious lawsuit against H.G. Wells --; 45. The man who raised Canada's first Red Cross flag --; 46. The monument to Fort Rouillé where the city of Toronto truly began --; 47. Frederick Denison and the valiant effort to save 'Chinese' Gordon --; 48. The subject of one of history's most romantic utterances finds a home in Toronto --; 49. Toronto's first book of photographs reveals an almost unknown city --; 50. The maple tree that stands as a memorial to 5,000 heroes --; Credits --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487589028; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487589028
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Donald Jones.

Donald Jones' walking tours of Toronto have drawn crowds of up to 5000 at a time. His 'Historic Toronto' column in the Star has proved one of the city's most widely read newspaper features. Now for the first time he has gathered together some of his personal favourites – stories of triumph and treachery, the celebrated and the notorious. The result is a richly entertaining collage of amazing and amusing tales of the city and its people. Here we learn that the first airmail plane in Canada landed in Toronto so loaded with liquor it could barely fly. We find out how a forgery by John Strachan brought tens of thousands of immigrants to the city. Jones recounts the visits to Toronto by great writers, including Oscar Wilde and Charles Dickens, and tells of Torontonians who made international names for themselves, like Bea Lillie and Elizabeth Arden. Old mysteries still unsolved are reconsidered: Was the founder of Upper Canada College the real hero of the battle of Waterloo? How did Prince George, remembered in the name of the Princes' Gates, really die? Did Toronto's Captain Roy Brown in fact kill the Red Baron during 'the most controversial 60 seconds in the history of aerial warfare'? At the heart of his stories are people. Some of their names have been forgotten and deserve to be remembered: Dr. Anderson Abbott, Canada's first black doctor, who was greatly admired by Lincoln; Margaret Saunders, whose book Beautiful Joe has sold 7 million copies to date; and Ernest Jones, who helped Freud escape from Austria and the Gestapo. Old Toronto comes vividly to life in these tales. For the hundreds of thousands of Star readers who love Donald Jones' columns, here is a collection of the best. And for those who have yet to discover the delights of his perspective on the city, Fifty Tales of Toronto provides a marvellous introduction to its history.