Ross Fair

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Historian of Upper Canadian settlement and agriculture; Public Historian. Improving Upper Canada: Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791-1852 (UTP, 2024) https://utorontopress.com/9781487553531/improving-upper-canada/

A multi-part headline in multiple fonts from the Fergus News-Record, 2 June 1887.
The Grave Robbery. / Money the Object of the Scoundrels! / The Body Recovered at Toronto! / IT WAS TAKEN DOWN IN A TRUNK AND SOLD TO A MEDICAL COLLEGE. / Brought Back to Fergus and Re-interred! / Terrible Feeling of Indignation among the People!

Photo of my book, Improving Upper Canada, that uses John Howard’s 1834 painting of Moss Park estate on its cover. Photo shows book being held today at a similar point of view as painting, with Toronto’s Moss Park neighborhood in background of book 190 years later.

Title page of book, Improving Upper Canada: Agricultural Societies and State Formation, 1791-1852, by Ross Fair. Forthcoming from UTP, August 2024.