A Century of Western Ontario: The Story of London, "The Free Press," and Western Ontario, 1849-1949 by Miller, Orlo; Berton, Pierre - 1949

Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1949. 289 pp, 8 3/4" H. B&w plates. "(T)he story of Southwestern Ontario as reflected in the columns of 'The London Free Press' for the last hundred years. By its very nature a newspaper is a diary of the times, a mirror held to the contemporary scene in its various aspects - local, national and international. Orlo Miller, a former staff member of (the paper), having spent several years in research, here presents a lively and readable account of what has taken place in the last ten decades. Here is no collection of dry statistical data but rather real, living, flesh-and-blood people taking part in historic incidents as reavealed in the yellowed columns. The growth of London from a struggling backwoods village to the metropolis of the smiling countryside of Western Ontario and the parallel expansion of 'The London Free Press' from a tiny weekly, struggling for survival, to one of Canada's leading daily newspapers form the twin themes from… Read More

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1949. Hardcover. Good. xi, 289 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Blue cloth. Black marks around bottom. Endpapers and first pages have black marks and some label residue.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press, June 11, 1949. Hardcover. Very good/Fair. xi, 289 p. 23 cm. Frontispiece and 7 other b&w illustrations. Red cloth in dustjacket. Small dents in tops of boards. Damp stain at top rear. Signed by author and Walter Blackburn, publisher of the London Free Press. Miller signed on the publication date of June 11, 1949. Jacket has tears, small spots. Index.

Toronto: Ryerson. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1949. First Edition. Hardcover. 289 p. 22 cm. Corners lightly bumped. Some foxing to edges. Previous owner's name and date on endpaper. Inside pages clean and bright. Dustjacket spine faded. Jacket has a large chip, edge and corner wear and tears. Soiled rear panel. A semi-dramatized account of the settlement of London, Ontario, its newspaper "The London Free Press" and the general area in southwestern Ontario. .

Toronto: Ryerson, 1949. Hardcover. NF. Light shelfwear./VG+. Small tears, shelfwear.. The Story of London, the newspaper The Free Press, and western Ontario, 1849-1949. Clothbound. B+W illustrations.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.