The Toronto Book of the Dead
- ISBN-10
- 1459738071
- ISBN-13
- 9781459738072
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 424
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-09-16
- Publisher
- Dundurn
- Author
- Adam Bunch
Description
Explores the history of Toronto through the final moments of the famous (and infamous) who made it their final resting place. From ancient First Nations burial mounds to the murder of Toronto’s first lightkeeper; from the rise and fall of the city’s greatest Victorian baseball star to the final days of the world’s most notorious anarchist.
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