23. The Grange: an architectural treasure

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. 1. Monumental murals recall the pageantry of Canada 1
5. 2. The royal opening of a 'royal' museum 7
6. 3. Two bronze cannon in Queen's Park recall Canada's greatest military heroes 12
7. 4. The 'loaded' story of Canada's first airmail flight 17
8. 5. Roger Sheaffe and 'the most dramatic day in Toronto's history' 22
9. 6. Anne Powell's fatal love affair 27
10. 7. Kit Coleman: the world's first woman war correspondent 34
11. 8. The mysterious visitor who truly founded the ROM's Chinese collection 39
12. 9. 'Caverhill': treasure of Rosedale 45
13. 10. The teen-age triumphs of the legendary Kathleen Parlow 50
14. 11. Sarah Bernhardt's 'scandalous' performance in Toronto 55
15. 12. La Salle: the epic tragedy of one of the world's heroes 61
16. 13. Was the founder of Upper Canada College the true hero of the Battle of Waterloo? 67
17. 14. Oscar Wilde in Toronto 72
18. 15. The violinist from Vienna who founded the Toronto Symphony Orchestra 78
19. 16. The epic tale of the Scottish Highlanders and Toronto's first Roman Catholic church 83
20. 17 The blind young veteran who founded the CNIB 89
21. 18. The Toronto nurse who changed her name and became Elizabeth Arden 94
22. 19. Béa Lillie: 'The funniest woman in the world' 100
23. 20. Why Mackenzie King built a replica of Pasteur's tomb in Toronto 105
24. 21. The true story behind Charles Dickens' visit to Toronto 109
25. 22. How Leo Tolstoy and a Toronto professor brought the Doukhobors to Canada 116
26. 23. The Grange: an architectural treasure 122
27. 24. The extraordinary story of a dog named Beautiful Joe 127
28. 25. The international (and surprising) tale of Mrs Morrison's opera house 132
29. 26. The Reverend John Strachan's grand deception 137
30. 27. Bernard Lonergan: perhaps the finest philosopher of the 20th century 143
31. 28. Canada's Margaret Anglin: 'one of America's greatest actresses 148
32. 29. How a beloved 'dictator' built the Hospital for Sick Children 153
33. 30. The man who founded the Canadian Opera Company 158
34. 31. The Toronto riots of 1832 and William Lyon Mackenzie's 'greatest moment' 163
35. 32. The forgotten story of a Frans Hals masterpiece 168
36. 33. Egerton Ryerson and a famous letter to the editor 173
37. 34. The choir that wouldn't die 178
38. 35. How a world-famous statue of Peter Pan came to Toronto 183
39. 36. The man who helped Sigmund Freud escape from the Gestapo 188
40. 37. Canada's first black doctor: a hero of the American Civil War 194
41. 38. Did Captain Roy Brown really kill the Red Baron? 199
42. 39. The actor who became governor-general 203
43. 40. The first forester of the New World 209
44. 41. The mystery surrounding Prince George's death 215
45. 42. The sculptor who designed Canada's 'caribou' quarter and 'Bluenose' dime 221
46. 43. Dr Tupper, Sir John, and the 'picnics' that changed Canada's history 226
47. 44. Miss Deeks' notorious lawsuit against H.G. Wells 233
48. 45. The man who raised Canada's first Red Cross flag 238
49. 46. The monument to Fort Rouillé where the city of Toronto truly began 243
50. 47. Frederick Denison and the valiant effort to save 'Chinese' Gordon 248
51. 48. The subject of one of history's most romantic utterances finds a home in Toronto 252
52. 49. Toronto's first book of photographs reveals an almost unknown city 258
53. 50. The maple tree that stands as a memorial to 5,000 heroes 264
54. Credits 271
55. Index 273