Walk Towards the Gallows: The Tragedy of Hilda Blake, Hanged 1899University of Toronto Press, 2002 M01 1 - 318 pages In 1899, Hilda Blake, a domestic servant in Winnipeg, shot her pregnant employer. Cain's Daughter offers a fascinating, well-written account of this extraordinary legal and historical event, Along the way, the book skillfully illuminates social and political life in turn of the century Canada. |
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