For decades, if authors wished to capture public interest in their books, it was advisable to place the background of the story anywhere other than
Year: 2011
“The Reluctant Virgin,” is the second book of the Toronto Trilogy. The chilling murder/mystery is set in Toronto during the 1950s. A
Being a teenager in 1956, I purchased a Kodak Pony 35mm camera for the enormous price of $40, and at Christmas journeyed to Yonge Street
The passage below is from the book “The Villages Within,” nominated for the 2011 Toronto Heritage Awards. This section of the book tells about the
Darkness is folding over the Humber River Valley as a young woman strolls the Humber Valley. She is unaware that she is being stalked. After
Now Available – “The Reluctant Virgin,” the second book of the Toronto Trilogy Doug Taylor – author of “The Villages Within,” nominated for the Toronto
City of Toronto Archives, The Globe and Mail Collection, Fonds 1488, Item 6614 The passage quoted below is from the novel, “There Never
The City of Toronto Archives, Globe and Mail Collection, Fonds 1488, Item 6614 The Toyland Circus Float in the 1944 Eaton’s Santa Claus Parade
City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, SS 100, Item 457 The above photo illustrates the sight that greeted Torontonians on the morning of December
City of Toronto Archives, Series 372, SS 0100, Item 449 Yonge Street looking north at Richmond Street the day after the great storm of 1944.