The stories that are great within us

Summary: With a diverse range of content, the book focuses on the stories that have taken [Toronto], in just six decades, from a narrow wryly praised as a city of churches to a brassy, gauche, imposing metropolis that is the fourth largest in North America.

Record details

ISBN: 9781550963601 (pbk.) :
Physical Description: print
xx, 404 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Holstein, Ontario : Exile Editions, 2013.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The sphinx in Toronto / Ludwig Zeller -- Shoreside / Gwendolyn MacEwen -- King Leary / Paul Quarrington -- The black queen / Barry Callaghan -- August 7, 1921 / Steven Hayward -- Galaxie / Austin Clarke -- Last spring they came over / Morley Callaghan -- The stallion and the Sultan of Swat -- A true story / Bruce Meyer -- The Minnies / Gwendolyn MacEwen -- The wars / Timothy Findley -- Matchbook for a mother's hair / Matt Shaw -- The cure / Mazo de la Roche -- The Immaculate Conception photography gallery / Katherine Govier -- The tower / Gwendolyn MacEwen -- Ariadne / R. Murray Schafer -- Painted tongue / Joseph Boyden -- Global village / Sorel Etrog -- Go,go,go on / Joe Fiorito -- In the skin of a lion / Michael Ondaatje -- Early morning / Alice Boissonneau -- Stormed by sunlight / Joe Rosenblatt -- Once near water / Vera Frenkel --