
The Short Happy Walks of Max MacPherson
Bruce, Harry Publisher: Totem, Toronto, Canada Year Published: 1976 First Published: 1968 Pages: 168pp Price: $1.95 ISBN: 0-00-211621-9 Resource Type: Book
Harry Bruce walks the streets of Toronto.
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Table of Contents
Introduction 1. From the Wheatsheaf to the Railyards 2. Grass, Pigeons, and the Old British Fact 3. Flight to a Mysterious Island 4. Dawn Raid on Darkest Rosedale 5. Down Dr Baldwin's Dream Street 6. Letter from the Beaches 7. Looking South from Oaklands 8. Waterfront Smells: Grain and Molasses 9. A Jokeroo at Large in Chinatown 10. How Little Italy Beats the Weather 11. The Secret Tropics of Toronto 12. Doing the Shop-Walking Two-Step 13. The Death of a Downtown Lake 14. "The Best Jew in the World" 15. Station for a Sentimental Journey 16. A Street of Lost Dreams and Rusted Romance 17. Alone with the 4-Legged Walkers 18. The Comfortable Smell of Cash 19. The Fiend that Walks by Day 20. History by the Bushel 21. The Slimy Beauties of an Old Museum 22. The Courtship of Edith Long 23. Yorkdale: The Seduction that Just Failed 24. False Spring and the Growth of a Good Memory 25. Where Hearts are Won and Quaint Honour Lost 26. A Hot Day in the Alleys of April 27. Yellow Bird Heading into a Crazy Wind 28. VE Day on the Yonge Street Hill 29. An Elegant Mistress on Wheels 30. Of Secret Places, Stony Lanes, and Dead Ends 31. A Wreck at the Water's Edge 32. The Day Summer Captured Bay Street 33. The Art of Lurking in Forest Hill 34. I was a Part-time Playboy for the Ontario Government 35. Confessions of a Wanton Boat-Lover 36. High Noon at a Stable for Buses 37. The Midway: Who's Gonna Be the Next Lucky Winner? 38. Why I'd Rather Keep my feet on the Ground 39. The Death of a Downtown Valley 40. The flight of the Sangaree 41. The Case of the Yorkville Judo Chop 42. East Along the Belt Line 43. Farewell to the Old School - Again 44. An Eerie Trip to a Unique View 45. The Tank-Town Pleasures of the Strip 46. Through the Mountains to a Lake of Grass 47. Walking the Rooftops 48. A Garbage-can Columbus goes to Church 49. The Last Walk
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