Reinhold Kramer: 3 books
Walk Towards the Gallows
The Tragedy of Hilda Blake, Hanged 1899
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2007
On 5 July 1899 Hilda Blake, a 21-year-old maidservant in Brandon, Manitoba, who had come to Canada from England ten years earlier as an orphan immigrant, shot and killed her mistress. Two days after Christmas she was hanged, one of the few women in Canadian history to die for her crime.
Blake...
Mordecai Richler
Leaving St Urbain
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
Based on never-before published material from the Richler archives as well as interviews with family members, friends, and acquaintances, Mordecai Richler: Leaving St Urbain shows how Richler consistently mined his remarkable life for material for his novels. Beginning with the early clashes with his...
When the State Trembled
How A.J. Andrews and the Citizens' Committee Broke the Winnipeg General Strike
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, which involved approximately 30,000 workers, is Canada's best-known strike. When the State Trembled recovers the hitherto untold story of the Citizens' Committee of 1000, formed by Winnipeg's business elite in order to crush the revolt and sustain the status quo.
This...