Who Killed Tom Thomson?

Who Killed Tom Thomson?
Author: John Little
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2018-08-21
Genre: True Crime
ISBN: 1510733418

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Tom Thomson was Canada's Vincent van Gogh. He painted for a period of five years before meeting his untimely death in a remote wilderness lake in July 1917. He was buried in an unofficial grave close to the lake where his body was found. About eight hours after he was buried, the coroner arrived but never examined the body and ruled his death accidental due to drowning. A day and a half later, Thomson's family hired an undertaker to exhume the body and move it to the family plot about 100 miles away. This undertaker refused all help, and only worked at night. In 1956, John Little's father and three other men, influenced by the story of an old park ranger who never believed Thomson's body was moved by the undertaker, dug up what was supposed to be the original, empty grave. To their surprise, the grave still contained a body, and the skull revealed a head wound that matched the same location noted by the men who pulled his corpse from the water in 1917. The finding sent shockwaves across the nation and began a mystery that continues to this day. In Who Killed Tom Thomson? John Little continues the sixty-year relationship his family has had with Tom Thomson and his fate by teaming up with two high-ranking Ontario provincial police homicide detectives. For the first time, they provide a forensic scientific opinion as to how Thomson met his death, and where his body is buried. Little draws upon his father's research, plus recently released archival material, as well as his own thirty-year investigation. He and his colleagues prove that Thomson was murdered, and set forth two persons of interest who may have killed Tom Thomson.

The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List

The Great Canadian Prairies Bucket List
Author: Robin Esrock
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2016-02-06
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 145973050X

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Renowned travel writer and TV host Robin Esrock has explored every inch of Canada’s Prairies to craft the definitive Bucket List. From food and culture to nature and adrenaline rushes, Robin has the inspiration and information you’ll need to follow in his footsteps and discover everything Manitoba and Saskatchewan have to offer.

Northern Light

Northern Light
Author: Roy MacGregor
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2010
Genre: Painters
ISBN: 0307357392

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"The eccentric spinster Winnie Trainor was a fixture of Roy MacGregor's childhood in Huntsville, Ontario. She was considered too odd to be a truly romantic figure in the eyes of the town, but the locals knew that Canada's most famous painter had once been in love with her, and that she had never gotten over his untimely death. She kept some paintings he gave her in a six-quart basket she'd leave with the neighbours on her rare trips out of town, and in the summers she'd make the trip from her family cottage, where Thomson used to stay, on foot to the graveyard up the hill, where fans of the artist occasionally left bouquets. There she would clear away the flowers. After all, as far as anyone knew, he wasn't there: she had arranged at his family's request for him to be exhumed and moved to a cemetery near Owen Sound.

The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson

The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson
Author: George A. Walker
Publisher: The Porcupine's Quill
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2014-05-14
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1123408556

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In master engraver George A. Walker’s newest work, The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson, the circumstances surrounding the death and disappearance of the iconic Canadian artist are explored through some one hundred and nine wood engravings, creating a work that eulogizes not only the artist himself, but the struggle of the artist’s attempt to express himself while constrained by society, the reality of the moment, and mortality.

The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson

The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson
Author: Gregory Klages
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2016-05-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1459731980

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A National Post Bestseller! How did Tom Thomson die in the summer of 1917? Was landscape painter Tom Thomson shot by poachers, or by a German-American draft dodger? Did a blow from a canoe paddle knock him unconscious and into the water? Was he fatally injured in a drunken fight? Did he end his life out of fear of being forced to marry his pregnant girlfriend? Commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the death of the renowned Canadian landscape painter, The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson offers an authoritative review of the historical record, as well as some theories you might not have thought of in a hundred years. Cultural historian Gregory Klages surveys first-hand testimony and archival records about Thomson’s tragic demise, attempting to sort fact from legend in the death of this Canadian icon.

Tom Thomson

Tom Thomson
Author: Jim Poling Sr.
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Total Pages: 143
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 145950495X

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"An overturned canoe. A body recovered. Presumably Thomson drowned. That should have been the end of it. It was only the beginning." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: biography, history, the visual arts or true-life mysteries. Tom Thomson is perhaps Canada's most famous artist. His short and glorious career was abruptly and brutally ended on July 8, 1917. Since the recovery of Thomson's body, theories as to the cause of his death -- accident? murder? -- have preoccupied sleuths for close to 100 years.

Death in the Peaceable Kingdom

Death in the Peaceable Kingdom
Author: Dimitry Anastakis
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1442606363

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Death in the Peaceable Kingdom is an intelligent, innovative response to the incorrect assumption that Canadian history is dry and uninspiring. Using the "hooks" of murder, execution, assassination, and suicide, Dimitry Anastakis introduces readers to the full scope of post-Confederation Canadian history. Beginning with the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Anastakis recounts the deaths of famous Canadians such as Louis Riel, Tom Thomson, and Pierre Laporte. He also introduces lesser-known events such as the execution of shell-shocked deserter Pte. Harold Carter during the First World War and the suicide of suspected communist Herbert Norman in Cairo during the Cold War. The book concludes with recent Canadian deaths including the suicides of Amanda Todd and Rehtaeh Parsons as a result of cyberbullying. Complementing the chapters are short vignettes--"Murderous Moments" and "Tragic Tales"--that point to broader themes and issues. The book also contains a number of "Active History" exercises such as activities, assignments, and primary document analyses. A timeline, 24 images, and further reading suggestions are included.

The Last Book on the Left

The Last Book on the Left
Author: Ben Kissel
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2020
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1328566315

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An equal parts haunting and hilarious deep-dive review of history's most notorious and cold-blooded serial killers, from the creators of the award-winning Last Podcast on the Left

Dial M

Dial M
Author: William Swanson
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2008-10-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 0873516672

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A haunting recreation of the brutal death of an American housewife, the conviction of her husband, and the family trial at which their children determined for themselves how their father should be charged.

Tom Thomson

Tom Thomson
Author: Tim Bouma
Publisher:
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017
Genre:
ISBN: 9781772571752

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A fictional journal covering the last few months of painter Tom Thomson's life. Includes a few letters written by Thomson.