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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Ithaca :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series ;
40. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 227 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773571891 0773571892 1282861824 9781282861824 9786612861826 6612861827 |