Hardcover, 1982, with pics. Book in excellent condition except for tear on top DJ The Governor's Road: Early Buildings and Families from Mississauga to London In 1793 Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe ordered a road cut through the wil- derness of Upper Canada - a military link westward from Lake Ontario and a spur to settlement. `The Governor's Road' it was called, partly in derision, for its path was narrow and winding, beset with stones and stumps. But the settlers did come; they and their buildings are the subject of this book. The road became the spinal cord of southwestern Ontario. The authors follow it through Oakville, Dundas, and Ancaster and on to London, with stops in Water- down, Brantford, St George, Paris, and Woodstock. The homes range from cot- tages to castles, their materials from frame and cobblestone to red brick and cut stone. The illustrations are by Hugh Robert- son, one of Canada's best architectural photographers. They show public build- ings as well - inns, mills, churches, court- houses, and jails. This is primarily, however, the story of the people who used these buildings, among them the fleeing rebel William Lyon Mackenzie; the novelist Sara Jeannette Duncan; the inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell; the Indian leader Joseph Brant; the future Edward VII; a clergyman who raised £3000 for his church, all of which vanished in `expenses'; scores of honest clergymen,farmers, mechanics, shpkeepers, cabinetmakers, doctors, lawyers, and hardy pioneer women;plus the victims of public hangings, private duels and ens a tar-and-feathering.