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 Any Other WayHow Toronto Got Queer |
Toronto is home to multiple and thriving queer communities that reflect the dynamism of a global city. Any Other Way is an eclectic and richly illustrated local history that reveals how … | Jane Farrow; John Lorinc; Stephanie Chambers; Tatum Taylor | 369 | 2017 | View |
 Gunboats on the Great Lakes 1866-68The British Navy's show of force at the time of Confederation |
This book describes British gunboat diplomacy practiced on the Great lakes in the aftermath of the US Civil War when Canada was negotiating Confederation and under Fenian attack. Cheryl MacDonald … | Cheryl MacDonald | 192 | 2017 | View |
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From Foreword |
In the foreword, Kristyn Wong-Tam recounds her arrival in Toronto from Hong Kong and describes the diversity of the city’s queer community, which is often overshadowed by the predominantly … | Kristyn Wong-Tam | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From PrologueWelcome Guests |
Describes how the citizens of Dunnville, Canada welcomed the crew of Her Majesty’s Britomart in 1866 when it was stationed there. | Cheryl MacDonald | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From ‘A New Way of Lovin": Queer Toronto Gets Schooled by Jackie ShaneFrom: Any Other Way |
Social historian Steven Maynard recounts how Jackie Shane, a trans R&B musician who performed in Toronto throughout the 1960s, sparked discussion throughout Toronto. Any discussion of queer … | Steven Maynard | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
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From The Fenian Threat |
Details the rise of the Fenians, their goals, and their invasion of Canada in the 1860s. | Cheryl MacDonald | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From A Whole Other StoryFrom: Any Other Way |
Faith Nolan recalls her experiences as a queer African Canadian woman in Toronto after moving from Nova Scotia with her mother in the 1960’s. | Faith Nolan | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
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From Canada West Attacked |
Describes the Fenian attack on Canada West in 1866 | Cheryl MacDonald | 19 | 2017 | $1.90 Add |
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From AgokweFrom: Any Other Way |
Art Zoccole recounts his childhood in an Ojubwe community, before moving to Toronto and helping to establish the Gays and Lesbians of the First Nations in Toronto. | Art Zoccole | 3 | 2017 | $0.30 Add |
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From Dealing with the Neighbours |
Describes Canada’s relationship with America and the friction that was occurring in the 1860s. | Cheryl MacDonald | 15 | 2017 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Constitution of 1867 |
Detailed description of the sections of the British North America Act that created a union of three colonies and a federal structure with four provinces and a federal government.. | Ed Whitcomb | 11 | 2017 | $1.10 Add |
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From Improvising a Navy |
Details the response to the Fenian attack of 1866 and how a navy was brought together in the 1860s to defend Canada. | Cheryl MacDonald | 35 | 2017 | $3.50 Add |
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From Take Me Away to Another WorldFrom: Any Other Way |
Rebecka Sheffield recalls the role that Ellen Degeneres and Anne Heche played in her life and an encounter she had with Heche after moving to Toronto from Saskatoon. | Rebecka Sheffield | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From I Was Miss General IdeaFrom: Any Other Way |
Derek McCormack describes how he adopted the identity of Miss General Idea, a character created by the Toronto art collective, and made her real. | Derek McCormack | 2 | 2017 | $0.20 Add |
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From The Gunboats Arrive |
Details the arrival of the British gunboats — Britomart, Heron, Cherub — to Ontario in the summer of 1866. | Cheryl MacDonald | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From Jolly Jack Tar |
Describes the citizens response to the British gunboats in 1866 and details the citizenry’s interaction with sailors. | Cheryl MacDonald | 21 | 2017 | $2.10 Add |
