Carolyn Whitzman

Clara at the Door with a Revolver

The Scandalous Black Suspect, the Exemplary White Son, and the Murder That Shocked Toronto

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of British Columbia Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 145mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780774890618
• ISBN-10: 0774890614
• Artikelnr.: 66124595

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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