{"product_id":"toronto-sketches-10-the-way-we-were-paperback","title":"Toronto Sketches 10: The Way We Were - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Filey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Filey's column \"The Way We Were\" first appeared in the \u003ci\u003eToronto Sunday Sun\u003c\/i\u003e not long after the first edition of the paper hit the newsstands on September 16, 1973. Now, almost four decades later, Filey's column has enjoyed an uninterrupted stretch as one of the newspaper's most popular features. In 1992 a number of his columns were reprinted in \u003ci\u003eToronto Sketches: \"The Way We Were.\"\u003c\/i\u003e Since then another eight volumes of \u003ci\u003eToronto Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e have been published, each of which has attained great success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 10th volume highlights some of Toronto's greatest landmarks such as the Don Jail and its graves and Hanlan's Point on Toronto Island. Mike also steps back in time to revisit the Avrocar, the flying saucer of the Great White North; takes a peek at Miss Toronto of 1926; conjures up The Hollywood, the city's first \"talkie\" theatre; and recalls historic snow days Canada's largest city has experienced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMike Filey was born in Toronto in 1941. He has written more than two dozen books on various facets of Toronto's past and for more than 35 years has contributed a popular column, \"The Way We Were,\" to the \u003ci\u003eToronto Sunday Sun\u003c\/i\u003e. His \u003ci\u003eToronto Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e series is more popular now than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 16, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42114100428935,"sku":"9781554887804","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f23954520a31801714b405a18041defe.webp?v=1732495534","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/toronto-sketches-10-the-way-we-were-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}