Strange things done : murder in Yukon history /
"Tales of gruesome murders - described in folktales such as those about Sergeant Preston and the Mad Trapper of Rat River and in poems such as Robert Service's The Shooting of Dan McGrew - are resonant aspects of the Yukon's popular lore. But do these stories truly reflect life - and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Montreal ; Ithaca :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
2004
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| Series: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;
40. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "Tales of gruesome murders - described in folktales such as those about Sergeant Preston and the Mad Trapper of Rat River and in poems such as Robert Service's The Shooting of Dan McGrew - are resonant aspects of the Yukon's popular lore. But do these stories truly reflect life - and death - in Canada's most renowned northern territory? In Strange Things Done historians Ken Coates and William Morrison reinvestigate legendary murders from Yukon history."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773571891 0773571892 1282861824 9781282861824 9786612861826 6612861827 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
