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Walk Towards the Gallows: The Tragedy of Hilda Blake, Hanged 1899
Reinhold Kramer
In 1899, Hilda Blake, a domestic servant in Winnipeg, shot her pregnant employer. This is a compelling account of this extraordinary legal and historical event, which the authors have used to illuminate turn-of-the-century Canada.
326 pages, 25 b&w photographs
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 25, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195416862 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press, Canada |
| Pages | 326 |
| Dimensions | 132 × 222 × 18 mm · 349 g |
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