{"product_id":"9781459713031","title":"Toronto Sketches 6: The Way We Were","description":"\u003cp\u003eStories of Old Toronto never lose favour with the city’s nostalgia buffs, and as long as Mike Filey continues to provide us with his \"The Way We Were\" columns, no one’s appetite will have to go unsatisfied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mike’s \u003ci\u003eToronto Sunday Sun\u003c\/i\u003e columns were first brought together in \u003ci\u003eToronto Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e, demand was so high that it prompted a second collection … then a third … and a fourth … and a fifth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, for 2000, Mike has once again brought together some of the best of his \u003ci\u003eToronto Sunday Sun\u003c\/i\u003e columns for \u003ci\u003eToronto Sketches 6\u003c\/i\u003e, the latest installment in the wildly popular series. This time around, Mike takes us to a performance at the Royal Alexandra Theatre by Al Jolson, the opening of Sunnybrook Hospital, a game between the baseball Leafs and the Havana Sugar Kings - with Fidel Castro throwing out the first pitch - and many more famous, notorious, and entertaining episodes in the history of this great city.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143611564272,"sku":"9781459713031","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459713031_p0.jpg?v=1763871810","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459713031","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}