{"product_id":"9781459739628","title":"The Orillia Spirit: An Illustrated History of Orillia","description":"\u003ci\u003e2017 Orillia Museum of Art\u0026amp;History Award, Historical Publications and\/or Research — Winner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe history of Orillia, told through the stories of its people, bringing to life the community’s heritage and significance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The Orillia Spirit:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMuddling through Canada’s first, and hilarious, experiment with daylight savings time, Mayor “Daylight Bill” Frost had it.\u003c\/li\u003e  \u003cli\u003eCreating his own money and dreaming a drainage ditch would become a tourist attraction, Mayor Ben Johnson had it. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTaking his town’s electric company by force, Mayor J.B. Tudhope had it. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInventing early forms of medicare and the first RVs, dreaming of universities and folk festivals, battling for decades over liquor and rinks, ordinary people had it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  Something about the place immortalized in Stephen Leacock’s classic \u003ci\u003eSunshine Sketches of a Little Town\u003c\/i\u003e has always inspired its people to reach for their dreams. Turn-of-the-twentieth-century leaders coined the phrase “the Orillia Spirit” to describe their drive to make the town a social, moral, and economic leader of Canada. The results have been comic, tragic, and heroic, as shown in this colourful history of Orillia.","brand":"Dundurn Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162966016240,"sku":"9781459739628","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781459739628_p0.jpg?v=1763867805","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781459739628","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}