DEATH BY ROPE - Volume One: 1867-1923-An Anthology of Canadian Executions by Jeffrey Pfiefer and Ken Leyton-Brown

Price: $19.95
Quantity
 

Between 1867 and 1962 over 700 men and women stood in the prisoner’s dock in courtrooms across Canada and listened as a judge sentenced them to death. Death by Rope:Volume One traces the stories of these men and women from 1867 to 1923 and details the crimes they committed as well as their final steps on the gallows.

This book provides the opportunity to gain a vivid and fascinating look at some of the most notorious crimes perpetrated in Canada, from the most sparsely populated regions to the largest cities. The accounts are based on an examination of contemporary newspaper reports and the capital case files of the Department of Justice, many of which have only recently become available to researchers. Every story presented in this book represents a unique look at human nature and presents the reader with a dark, but important, aspect of Canadian history.

ISBN: 978-1-897010-42-6; 258 pages, 6"x 9"