Books written about Cabbagetown Toronto

	Nightmare in Cabbagetown	Barbara Gowdy
	Cabbagetown Remembered
		Cabbagetown Store - J.V. McAree Rare out of print Partial review from the Cabbagetown Chronicles web site: The entire book revolves around a boy growing up while living in back of the family's small grocery store in Toronto's less than affluent area that was once Cabbagetown. Although it's a charming little book there's really not much to it. It's just a collection of short stories about the family store and other aspects of life in the last twenty or so years of the 1800's. It tells of how the little store barely kept itself afloat by extending credit to the locals and of it's eventual demise due to the same. I think that anyone who lived in the original area would get the most from this book. That's not to say that others won't find it an enjoyable read.
"My Kids, My Life" is available by e-mail to: bichon@primus.ca		"My Kids, My Life ... a young mother's struggle for justice" Author: Audrey Hayes Wood This young mother grew up living at 593 Dundas St. East, right on the corner of Belshaw and Dundas. Audrey Hayes attended Park School in the 1940's and 1950's, then married and spent years in the same area as a single mother with her ten children. Eventually she married the son of Barry Wood, CBC radio announcer with "The Happy Gang" and had two children of their own, making her a very young mother of twelve. Audrey has also created an exciting Christian board game, "Heaven Won't Wait!", enjoyed by family and friends of all ages.
		Cabbagetown: The Story of a Victorian Neighbourhood By: Penina Coopersmith Photographs by Vincenzo Pietropao
www.cheapeatstoronto.com		cheapeats toronto - Toronto's best-selling guide to good inexpensive restaurants. Really fun reading for anyone who likes to explore the best food finds in Toronto where you can get breakfast for $5, lunch for $10 and dinner for $15. 55 cuisines and 41 neighbourhoods, including recommendations for Cabbagetown favourites Ben Wicks Pub, House on Parliament Pub, Jet Fuel, Johnny G's, Old Cabbagetown Deli, Rashnaa and Pimblett's.
Emerson		- J.N. EMERSON John Norman Emerson was born and grew up in the Cabbagetown area of Toronto.
You can buy this book directly from Eric Rosen's website at: http://www3.sympatico. ca/ericsbooks/		The Banker of Cabbagetown, Eric S. Rosen, Eric S. Rosen Publishing, 1991/stock A Play about life in Toronto's Cabbagetown in the 1920's 99 black and white photographs and illustrations. ISBN 0-9692017-3-7
"Cabbagetown" We located this for sale at: Past Forward		Hugh Garner's - Novel set in Cabbagetown the way it was "then"
"Images of Cabbagetown" Fine art photos by James Wiley can be seen at: www.portfolios.com /blackandwhitefineart		Photography by James Wiley w. foreword by H. Rust-D'Eye
Cabbagetown Remembered Can be ordered here by clicking on the link to Amazon.com		Rust-D'Eye, George, Soft cover/illustrated
"Mama and her Mitzvahs" is available by contacting sophiestransman@hotmail.com		Sophie Stransman "Mama and her Mitzvahs" is the story of a woman and of a neighbourhood that epitomized working class Toronto during the Great Depression of the 1930s. "To mama, mitzvah was a way of life". Rachel Siegel and her husband, Elia owned a grocer store in Cabbagetown, where their customers were their neighbours, their friends and, often, an extended family. Mama and her Mitzvahs is a charming personal history intertwined with the history of one of Toronto's most interesting neighbourhoods, Cabbagetown. It is a nostalgic collection of stories and reminiscences that captures the vitality and chaos of life in tough times. ISBN 0-9730300-0-3 Sophie Stransman grew up in Toronto’s Cabbagetown, and now resides in Toronto’s Forest Hill Village. She has two children and three grandchildren. Our Review: This is a delightful new book. A must read if you are interested in "Cabbagetown as it was then"
The universe ends at Sherbourne & Queen by Ted Plantos (1943-2001)		This book is out of print but can be purchased used from Amazon.com Used Price: $20.00 125 pages Steel Rail Pub.; ISBN: 0887910092
"The Cabbagetown Store"		J.V. McAree Author "The Cabbagetown Store" The Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1953. Does anyone have a copy of this? Please e-mail us:
Cabbagetown in Pictures (at your public library)		Colleen Kelly The history of Cabbagetown is traced from its initial settlement by impoverished Irish immigrants to the diverse community of the 1980s, with a particular emphasis on recollections of residents from 1900 - 1940.
The Hindmost Can be ordered from Amazon.com via this link		Barry Kennedy - Novel set in the general Cabbagetown area Barry Kennedy lives in Cabbagetown when not living in California Our Review: A fun read about Dwayne Fuller, an aspiring comedian.