Werken van Debra Komar
The Bastard of Fort Stikine: The Hudson's Bay Company and the Murder of John McLoughlin Jr. (2015) 24 exemplaren
Black River Road: An Unthinkable Crime, an Unlikely Suspect, and the Question of Character (2016) 9 exemplaren
The Court of Better Fiction: Three Trials, Two Executions, and Arctic Sovereignty (2019) 4 exemplaren
Bastard of Fort Stikine, the 2 exemplaren
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- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Geboorteplaats
- Ontario, Canada
- Woonplaatsen
- Annapolis Royal
- Beroepen
- forensic anthropologist
professor of forensics at the University of New Mexico
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The Court of Better Fiction door Debra Komar
A good book not just an account of the trial, but a look into Inuit society and the history of the region. Also short can easily read in a day.
½
Manages to portray the era of the 1820s well, and the unveiling of the crime as well. As well as conditions within Fort Stikine.
An intriguing forensic review of the unrevenged murder of John McLaughlin Jr. of the Hudson’s Bay Company. Aficionados of Canadian history will again meet up with the Little Emperor, George Simpson, and be able to view with distaste his machinations to keep the killer from justice.
This was a surprisingly fast read -- I completed it in less than two hours. It is the true crime story of a woman and child whose skeletal remains were found on Black River Road near Saint John, New Brunswick, in 1869, and the subsequent investigation and trial. It's a gripping story, well told, and summarized neatly at the end when the author discusses how the modern reader is likely to react to certain aspects. Komar has been doing a great job writing about long-forgotten crime cases from Canada's very early history, and long may she continue.… (meer)
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- 7
- Leden
- 70
- Populariteit
- #248,179
- Waardering
- 4.0
- Besprekingen
- 7
- ISBNs
- 16
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- 1