With the same eye for character, anecdote and circumstance that made Peter Ackroyd's London and Colin Jones's Paris so successful, Levine's captivating prose integrates the sights, sounds and feel of Toronto with a broad historical perspective, linking the city's present with its past through themes such as politics, transportation, public health, ethnic diversity and sports. Toronto invites readers to discover the city's lively spirit over four centuries and to wander purposefully through the city's many unique neighborhoods, where they can encounter the striking and peculiar characters who have inhabited them: the powerful and powerless, the entrepreneurs and the entertainers, and the moral and the corrupt, all of whom have contributed to Toronto's collective identity.
- ISBN13 9781771000222
- Publish Date 23 April 2015
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 June 2021
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Group
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 464
- Language English