InfiniteBooks
Projects & Works of MacKay L. Smith
History, architecture & green spaces of Montreal
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Discover the latest works by Montreal author, photographer and worldwide traveler MacKay Smith. His five pictorial essays detail the rich architecture and fascinating history of Montreal.
Each contains a combination of superbe images by the author as well as historical images from the McCord Museum's Notman Collection, as well as from public archives.
On and Around
Montreal's Three Mountains:
The Green Heart of the City
We are please to announce the publication of this latest book by MacKay Smith. Look for it in fine bookstores and online at Indigo.ca this summer.
Key Features
A Look Inside
High-Quality Format
120 pages in a coffee
table format, hardbound on glossy
high-quality stock.
Superbe Images
In our work we t.Over 110 photos including 40+ historic images from McCord Museum’s Notman Collection and other private and public archives. Maps, timelines, interesting facts and figures plus an extensive bibliography.
Fascinating Narrative
Over 11,000 words of fascinating narrative describing the history, the people, the landmarks and architecture that has marked Montreal’s most prominent feature.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM MONTREAL’S THREE MOUNTAINS
JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE STUNNING IMAGES AND INTERESTING MATERIAL
McCord Museum I-77457- 1872
VIEW OF THE MOUNTAIN
by the author
GEORGES-ÉTIENNE CARTIER MONUMENT
Image by the author
WALK TO MONKLANDS
Image by the Author
ST-JOSEPH'S ORATORY
McCord Museum N-0000.193.62.1
1859 - CÔTE DES NEIGES ROAD
Image by the author
JEANNE MANCE STATUE
An active octogenarian, MacKay L. Smith describes himself as a left-handed laundryman in reference to his squash playing abilities and former career in the laundry and dry cleaning business. He humbly admits that writing can to him late in life. “Before writing my first book, back in 1997, the only thing I’d ever written were memos.”
Archive image
UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL CAMPUS
McCord VIEW-18906- Composite photograph
1882 - MONTREAL GOLF CLUB
PINSONAULT MAP 1904
Image by the author
1245 REDPATH CRESCENT
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Previous Books by the Author
Montreal's Sherbrooke Street
The Spine of the CIty
2006
Memories and Profiles
of McGill University
2009
Tour de l'Île
49 Historic Communities
2013
Montreal's Golden Square Mile
A Historic Perspective
2015
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