Explores the history of Toronto through the final moments of the famous (and infamous) who made it their final resting place. From ancient First Nations burial mounds to the murder of Toronto's first lightkeeper; from the rise and fall of the city's greatest Victorian baseball star to the final days of the world's most notorious anarchist.
Explores the history of Toronto through the final moments of the famous (and infamous) who made it their final resting place. From ancient First Nations burial mounds to the murder of Toronto's first lightkeeper; from the rise and fall of the city's greatest Victorian baseball star to the final days of the world's most notorious anarchist.
Adam Bunch is the creator of the Toronto Dreams Project, and has written about the history of the city for Spacing Magazine, Torontoist and the Huffington Post. In 2012, he earned an honourable mention for a Governor General's History Award. Adam lives in Toronto.
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Foreword: Toronto's Dead History Is Quite Alive by Shawn Micallef Introduction Founding 1. The Feast of the Dead 2. The Beaver Wars 3. Elizabeth Simcoe's Nightmare 4. The Murder of Chief Wabakinine 5. The Town's First Hanging and How It Went Wrong 6. Whatever Happened to Peggy Pompadour? The War of 1812 7. The Battle of York 8. The Bloody Burlington Races 9. The True Story of Toronto's Island Ghost Democracy 10. The Deadly Duel 11. The Blue Death 12. Revolution! Ish! 13. The Grisly Grave of Robert Baldwin The Booming Metropolis 14. Black '47 in the Orange City 15. Abraham Lincoln's Shawl 16. Cannonball 17. A Brief History of the Pigeons of Toronto 18. The Tooth 19. The Crooked Knight of Casa Loma The Great Wars 20. The Group of Seven on the Western Front 21. The Night of the Drowning Nurses 22. The Great Beyond 23. The Most Dangerous Woman in the World 24. I'll Never Smile Again 25. Journey's End 26. How Toppy Topham Died 27. Toronto Hearts Stalingrad The Modern City 28. Disaster! 29. Neil Young's Hearse and a Dead Man's Name 30. Shoeshine Boy 31. No Sad Songs 32. The Falling Lawyer Conclusion: The Work of Remembering Acknowledgements Selected Bibliography and Further Reading
Foreword: Toronto's Dead History Is Quite Alive by Shawn Micallef Introduction Founding 1. The Feast of the Dead 2. The Beaver Wars 3. Elizabeth Simcoe's Nightmare 4. The Murder of Chief Wabakinine 5. The Town's First Hanging and How It Went Wrong 6. Whatever Happened to Peggy Pompadour? The War of 1812 7. The Battle of York 8. The Bloody Burlington Races 9. The True Story of Toronto's Island Ghost Democracy 10. The Deadly Duel 11. The Blue Death 12. Revolution! Ish! 13. The Grisly Grave of Robert Baldwin The Booming Metropolis 14. Black '47 in the Orange City 15. Abraham Lincoln's Shawl 16. Cannonball 17. A Brief History of the Pigeons of Toronto 18. The Tooth 19. The Crooked Knight of Casa Loma The Great Wars 20. The Group of Seven on the Western Front 21. The Night of the Drowning Nurses 22. The Great Beyond 23. The Most Dangerous Woman in the World 24. I'll Never Smile Again 25. Journey's End 26. How Toppy Topham Died 27. Toronto Hearts Stalingrad The Modern City 28. Disaster! 29. Neil Young's Hearse and a Dead Man's Name 30. Shoeshine Boy 31. No Sad Songs 32. The Falling Lawyer Conclusion: The Work of Remembering Acknowledgements Selected Bibliography and Further Reading
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