The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson

The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson
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Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 309
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ISBN-10 : 9781459731981
ISBN-13 : 1459731980
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Book Synopsis The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson by : Gregory Klages

Download or read book The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson written by Gregory Klages and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2016-05-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A National Post Bestseller! How did Tom Thomson die in the summer of 1917? Was landscape painter Tom Thomson shot by poachers, or by a German-American draft dodger? Did a blow from a canoe paddle knock him unconscious and into the water? Was he fatally injured in a drunken fight? Did he end his life out of fear of being forced to marry his pregnant girlfriend? Commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the death of the renowned Canadian landscape painter, The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson offers an authoritative review of the historical record, as well as some theories you might not have thought of in a hundred years. Cultural historian Gregory Klages surveys first-hand testimony and archival records about Thomson’s tragic demise, attempting to sort fact from legend in the death of this Canadian icon.


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