Mike Filey (1941–2022)
Auteur van Toronto Album: Glimpses of the City That Was
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Mike Filey was born in Toronto in 1941. He has written more than two dozen books on various facets of Toronto's past and for more than thirty-five years has contributed a popular column, "The Way We Were," to the Toronto Sunday Sun. His Toronto Sketches series is more popular now than ever before.
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Werken van Mike Filey
Toronto Sketches 9: "The Way We Were" Columns from the Toronto Sunday Sun (No. 9) (2006) 17 exemplaren
Toronto : the way we were : a collection of photos & stories about North America's greatest city (1974) 14 exemplaren
Toronto Flashbacks 2: A Postcard Book of 30 Black and White Historical Photographs (1989) 11 exemplaren
Look at Us Now 7 exemplaren
Dates to Remember: Roads Travelled, Bridges Crossed 2 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1941-10-11
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2022-07-30
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Geboorteplaats
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Woonplaatsen
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Opleiding
- Ryerson University
- Beroepen
- Historian
Columnist
Radio Host - Organisaties
- Toronto Sun
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Jean Hibbert Memorial Award
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Toronto: The Way We Were door Mike Filey
A collection of photos & stories about North America's Greatest City
I was perplexed at first when I read the title. What the heck is Sunnyside? Well, it's a great journey through a fun part of Toronto history and of course, I've fallen in love with Mike Filey's writing style. Anything that makes me forget that I'm reading nonfiction is awesome in my books. I have a full review here: http://www.examiner.com/publishing-in-toronto/toronto-book-review-i-remember-sun.... But if you're not up to reading a few more words, let me say this is an excellent history of Toronto that is well written and the pictures, again, I'll say are amazing.… (meer)
For some reason, Goodreads has decided I can't leave a rating. **sigh** 5 Stars. Okay? Good. Loved this book and I'm now a bit of a history buff. I didn't know history was actually...interesting. Imagine that.
I have a full review here: http://www.examiner.com/books-in-canada/spotlight-on-canadian-authors-review-of-... but if you don't want to go there, I'll say I recommend you pick up this book. Mike has a very distinct writing style that makes you feel as though you're sitting in his living room sipping coffee (or whatever beverage you like, we Canadians are hospitable) and listening to him tell you a story. I enjoyed all of his books very much.… (meer)
I have a full review here: http://www.examiner.com/books-in-canada/spotlight-on-canadian-authors-review-of-... but if you don't want to go there, I'll say I recommend you pick up this book. Mike has a very distinct writing style that makes you feel as though you're sitting in his living room sipping coffee (or whatever beverage you like, we Canadians are hospitable) and listening to him tell you a story. I enjoyed all of his books very much.… (meer)
Mike Filey's writing is comfortable and easy and Toronto Sketches 9 is a very interesting read. It's actually my favorite of his books so far, although the newest book [bc:Toronto Sketches 10: "The Way We Were"|8572716|Toronto Sketches 10 "The Way We Were"|Mike Filey|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51xGr6sFqfL._SL75_.jpg|13441506] is a close second. In my full review here: rel="nofollow" target="_top">http://www.examiner.com/publishing-in-toronto/toronto-book-review-toronto-sketch... I mention that this isn't history we get in school, but it's one we should know.… (meer)
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