Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
He surprised publisher
He surprised publisher

He surprised publisher

Date11/1/1988
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: He surprised publisher: When his U.S. publisher recommended a Canadian section be deleted to cut Alaska to a less daunting 868 pages, James Michener thought the tale could survive as a self-contained novel and offered it to McClelland and Stewart.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0068303F
Nobel Luareate: Montreal-born Rudolph Marcus, at the Royal York Hotel yesterday, says he was pleasantly surprised when he was told he had won the Nobel prize for chemistry
Nobel Luareate: Montreal-born Rudolph Marcus, at the Royal York Hotel yesterday, says he was pleasantly surprised when he was told he had won the Nobel prize for chemistry
10/14/1992
Raymond Cheng: Queue-jumper says he was surprised by how quick and easy it was to immigrate. He says he had to scramble to sell his assets in Hong Kong.
Raymond Cheng: Queue-jumper says he was surprised by how quick and easy it was to immigrate. He says he had to scramble to sell his assets in Hong Kong.
8/2/1989
Storm of protest: Alex Chisholm, head at atmospheric research at Environment Canada, says he was surprised by residents' opposition to a new weather station going up in king. He stands in front of a radar tower in Vaughan.
Storm of protest: Alex Chisholm, head at atmospheric research at Environment Canada, says he was surprised by residents' opposition to a new weather station going up in king. He stands in front of a radar tower in Vaughan.
8/31/1983
Natale Brescia checks his reflection in the mirror and is surprised to find he does have an interesting face
Natale Brescia checks his reflection in the mirror and is surprised to find he does have an interesting face
2/4/1979
Bob Rae surprised everyone - including himself - when he became Premier of Ontario on Sept
Bob Rae surprised everyone - including himself - when he became Premier of Ontario on Sept
9/7/1990
Who have we here?, Frank Mahovlich of Montreal Canadiens must have been surprised when he found a puck-carrying Jacques Plante stick-handling past him(...)
Who have we here?, Frank Mahovlich of Montreal Canadiens must have been surprised when he found a puck-carrying Jacques Plante stick-handling past him(...)
1/1/1972
A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
9/20/1968
A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
9/20/1968
A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
A. Y. Jackson (above), member of the Group of Seven, will be 86 in two weeks. He has surprised and delighted his doctors by continuing to paint (left)(...)
9/20/1968
Pleased with performance: Frank Kielty, president of the Gallup poll, admits he was surprised at the size of the Tory win
Pleased with performance: Frank Kielty, president of the Gallup poll, admits he was surprised at the size of the Tory win
9/4/1984
Director under fire, Shaw director Christopher Newton, who's behind the tent theatre, is surprised at the town's hostility. He says that it's hurting the actors. The town dislikes his unorthodoxy
Director under fire, Shaw director Christopher Newton, who's behind the tent theatre, is surprised at the town's hostility. He says that it's hurting the actors. The town dislikes his unorthodoxy
5/19/1981
A Toronto publisher says he may take business worth $750,000 south of the border because he has been unable to get second-class mailing rates for one (...)
A Toronto publisher says he may take business worth $750,000 south of the border because he has been unable to get second-class mailing rates for one (...)
2/9/1987