Jeannies Demise by Ian Radforth

Jeannies Demise by Ian Radforth

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August 1, 1875, Toronto: The naked body of a young woman is discovered in a pine box, half-buried in a ditch along Bloor Street. So begins Jeannie’s Demise, a real-life Victorian melodrama that played out in the bustling streets and courtrooms of “Toronto the Good,” cast with all the lurid stock characters of the genre.

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Jeannies Demise by Ian Radforth

August 1, 1875, Toronto: The naked body of a young woman is discovered in a pine box, half-buried in a ditch along Bloor Street. So begins Jeannies Demise, a real-life Victorian melodrama that played out in the bustling streets and courtrooms of Toronto the Good, cast with all the lurid stock characters of the genre.
Ian Radforth is a Canadian social historian who taught for more than three decades in the department of history at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Bushworkers and Bosses: Logging in Northern Ontario, 1900–1980 and Royal Spectacle: The 1860 Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada and the United States.
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ISBN 13 9781771135139
ISBN 10 1771135131
Title Jeannies Demise
Author Ian Radforth
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Between the Lines
Year published 2021-02-01
Number of pages 258
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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