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Murders on the Skeena

True Crime in the Old Canadian West, 1884-1914

October 8, 2021 | Trade paperback
ISBN: 9781773860671
$24.95
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Description

Part history, part true crime, Murders on the Skeena: True Crime in the Old Canadian West, 1884-1914 contains the true accounts of murders, crimes, and scandals--some of which remain unsolved to this day--in small-town northern British Columbia. With a focus on the victims as much as the cases themselves, award-winning author Geoff Mynett relates untold stories of BC's deadly history while providing both the natural and social history of the region.


About this Author

Geoff Mynett was born in England where he qualified as a Barrister. After emigrating to British Columbia in 1973, he became a Canadian citizen, requalified as a lawyer and practiced law until his retirement. His second book, Pinkerton's and the Hunt for Simon Gunanoot, and his third book, Murders on the Skeena: True Crime in the Old Canadian West, were both published by Caitlin Press. All three books were bestsellers in BC. Geoff and his wife Alice live in Vancouver and have two sons.

ISBN: 9781773860671
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 256
Publisher: Caitlin Press
Published: 2021-10-08

Reviews

"Mynett's latest book features a series of fascinating and often sensational events in small town Hazelton, BC, during the time of the early Hudson Bay Company settlement into the traditional territory of the Gitxsan First Nations. Through impeccable archival research, Mynett entertains the reader with stories of historic events and precedent-setting legal, political and cultural conflict taking place in one small region of Northern British Columbia."
--Jane Stevenson, author of A Trail of Two Telegraphs and The Railroader's Wife

"I enjoyed this read. Well-researched stories based on the written record of the colonial settlers. The recurring theme of resolving Gitxsan and Western laws on the land base continues to this day. Especially relevant material in these times of moving to action in reconciling First Nations and Western worldviews."

--Doug Donaldson, Former BC Minister of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, and Member of BC Legislative Assembly 2009-2020

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