Gender, race, and politics in late-nineteenth-century Toronto swirl around this riveting true story of the murder of Frank Westwood and the controversial acquittal of the main suspect, Clara Ford - a cross-dressing Black single mother.
Gender, race, and politics in late-nineteenth-century Toronto swirl around this riveting true story of the murder of Frank Westwood and the controversial acquittal of the main suspect, Clara Ford - a cross-dressing Black single mother.
Carolyn Whitzman is a writer and researcher who lives in Ottawa. She is the author of Suburb, Slum, Urban Village: Transformations in Parkdale, Toronto 1875-2000. She was living in Parkdale when she stumbled upon Clara Ford's story and has remained fascinated with it for more than two decades.
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Cast of Characters Overture: Cakewalk Act 1: The Parkdale Mystery 1 The Murderee 2 There's a Girl in It 3 Amateur Detectives 4 The Bad Hat Act 2: Clara's Turn 5 From Whence She Came 6 Go West, Young Man 7 Bad Fences 8 Eight Hours 9 Monster Act 3: A Great Trial - and Its Aftermath 10 The Forces of the Law 11 Witness for the Prosecution 12 The Performance of Her Life 13 Twelve Hungry Men 14 What Clara Did Next Finale: Clara, Armed Notes and Further Reading; Index
Cast of Characters Overture: Cakewalk Act 1: The Parkdale Mystery 1 The Murderee 2 There's a Girl in It 3 Amateur Detectives 4 The Bad Hat Act 2: Clara's Turn 5 From Whence She Came 6 Go West, Young Man 7 Bad Fences 8 Eight Hours 9 Monster Act 3: A Great Trial - and Its Aftermath 10 The Forces of the Law 11 Witness for the Prosecution 12 The Performance of Her Life 13 Twelve Hungry Men 14 What Clara Did Next Finale: Clara, Armed Notes and Further Reading; Index
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