Gordon Mackintosh: 2 books
Newspaper City
Toronto's Street Surfaces and the Liberal Press, 1860-1935
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
In Newspaper City, Phillip Gordon Mackintosh scrutinizes the reluctance of early Torontonians to pave their streets. He demonstrates how Toronto’s two liberal newspapers, the Toronto Globe and Toronto Daily Star, nevertheless campaigned for surface infrastructure as the leading expression of modern...
Stories Best Left Untold
Tales from a Manitoba legislator
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Gord Mackintosh was not your typical politician and this book is not your typical political memoir. Mackintosh steps out of his familiar role as the Manitoba NDP’s go-to guy, foot soldier and law reformer to provide a unique take on the quirky places and people behind his long and varied career....