Lorna Poplak

Drop Dead

A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Confederation in 1867 until the abolition of the death penalty in 1976, 704 people were hanged in Canada. The book examines how trial, conviction, and punishment operated then, and the relevance of capital punishment today. It profiles notable individuals: victims, murderers, judges, jurors, the wrongfully convicted ... and the hangman.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dundurn Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781459738225
• ISBN-10: 1459738225
• Artikelnr.: 45342298

Autorenporträt

Lorna Poplak is a writer, editor, and researcher, with a fascination for the stories behind the facts of Canadian history. She lives in Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Author's Note
Introduction
1 Celebrating Confederation: Three Hangings in the First Year
2 The Deadly Game of Hangman
3 The Assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee: A Murder Mystery
4 Crowd Control
5 The Hangman's Job
6 Treason: The Case Against Louis Riel
7 The Petticoat and the Noose
8 The Science and Art of Hanging
9 Arthur Ellis: Canada's Most Famous Hangman
10 Reasonable Doubt
11 The Troubling Case of Wilbert Coffin
12 Steven Murray Truscott: A Kid on Death Row
13 The Last Women to Hang
14 The Last Drop
15 Under Lock and Key
16 The End of the Rope
17 Beyond Death Row
18 Britain Heads Toward Abolition
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Selected Bibliography
Image Credits
Index