Five Days Walking Five Towns

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The Canadian border city facing Detroit was not always simply Windsor, Ontarioit was a patchwork of multiple communities that amalgamated into Windsor throughout the 20th Century. InFive Days Walking Five Towns, fabled local raconteur Marty Gervais puts on his boots and takes the reader on a street-by-street walking tour through Riverside, Ford City, Walkerville, Windsor, and Sandwichweaving together his own memories with the booms and busts of his eclectic, storied city. Along the way, tales of Indigenous curses, rum-running, union-busting, and murderous ministers abound.With intimate, conversational prose and an acute eye for lore that time forgot, Marty Gervais has created a work not just for Ontario history buffs but for anybody who cares about the evolution of cities and the strange, beautiful people who inhabit them.Praise forFive Days Walking Five TownsWindsor like weve never seen itNino Ricci, author ofWhere She Has GoneGervais does not tire, and never fails to amuse.Patrick Brode, author ofBorder Cities Powerhouse