LEADER 04611nam 2200769 a 450 001 9910783756103321 005 20230912161800.0 010 $a1-282-86182-4 010 $a9786612861826 010 $a0-7735-7189-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773571891 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245025 035 $a(EBL)3330662 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000284513 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222591 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284513 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10261793 035 $a(PQKB)11063071 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400186 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521464 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330662 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10132845 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286182 035 $a(OCoLC)929120862 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/18xx64 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400186 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330662 035 $a(DE-B1597)657982 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773571891 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3243460 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245025 100 $a20041122d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStrange things done$b[electronic resource] $emurder in Yukon history /$fKen S. Coates, William R. Morrison 210 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (253 p.) 225 1 $aMcGill-Queen's native and northern series ;$v40 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7735-2705-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [213]-221) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations and Maps -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tThe Yukon -- $tIn the Heat of the Rush: The Nantuck Brothers -- $tThey Always Get Their Man: Fournier and Labelle -- $tBreaking the Faith: The Elfors Case -- $tThe Foreign Madman: Alexander Gogoff -- $t"To Make These Tribes Understand": The Trial of Alikomiak and Tatamigana -- $t"A Drunken Impulse": The Paddy Duncan Case -- $tA Miscellany of Murder -- $tConclusion -- $tStudying Violent Death: An Analysis of Historical Scholarship on Murder -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aKlondike lore is full of accounts of the exploits of Dangerous Dan McGrew, Sergeant Preston of the Mounted, and the Mad Trapper of Rat River. The stories vary from outright fabrications to northern fantasies and, on occasion, real-life accounts. Strange Things Done investigates a series of murders in the pre-World War II Yukon, exploring the boundaries between myths and historical events. The book seeks to understand both the specific events, carefully reconstructed from court evidence and police records, and the broader social and cultural context within which these violent deaths occurred. The murder case studies provide a unique and penetrating perspective on key aspects of Yukon history, such as Native-newcomer relations, mental illness and the folklore about cabin fever, the role of immigrants in northern society, violence in the gold fields, and the role of the police and courts in regulating social behaviour. The investigation of these capital cases also illustrates the fear and paranoia which gripped the territory in the aftermath of a murder, and the societys insistence on quick and retributive justice when offenders were caught and convicted. The Yukon experienced fewer murders than popular literature would suggest, and fewer than most would expect given the region's intense and dramatic history, but those that did occur illustrate the passions, frustrations, angers and human frailties that are present in all societies. The manner in which the murders occurred and the way in which Yukoners reacted also reveals specific and important aspects of territorial society. 410 0$aMcGill-Queen's native and northern series ;$v40. 606 $aMurder$zYukon$xHistory 606 $aTrials (Murder)$zYukon$xHistory 606 $aMeurtre$zYukon$xHistoire 606 $aProce?s (Meurtre)$zYukon$xHistoire 607 $aYukon Territory$xHistory 607 $aYukon$xHistoire$y1895- 615 0$aMurder$xHistory. 615 0$aTrials (Murder)$xHistory. 615 6$aMeurtre$xHistoire. 615 6$aProce?s (Meurtre)$xHistoire. 676 $a364.152/3/097191 700 $aCoates$b Kenneth$f1956-$0229466 701 $aMorrison$b William R$g(William Robert),$f1942-$01506409 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783756103321 996 $aStrange things done$93736629 997 $aUNINA