e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
Publisher Weekly Review
More Content
More by this author
Komar, Debra, 1965-
Subjects
Wheeler, Peter, 1869-1896 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Kempton, Annie, 1881-1896 -- Death and burial.
Lynching -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 19th century.
Blacks -- Crimes against -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 19th century.
Judicial error -- Canada.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 19th century.
Trials (Murder) -- Nova Scotia -- Bear River.
Murder -- Nova Scotia -- Bear River.
Race relations -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 19th century.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Forensic sciences -- Case studies.
Bear River (N.S.) -- History.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Komar, Debra, 1965-
by title:
The lynching of Pete...
by call number:
364.134 K81L
Search the Web
Komar, Debra, 1965-
Wheeler, Peter, 1869-1896 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Kempton, Annie, 1881-1896 -- Death and burial.
Lynching -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 19th century.
Blacks -- Crimes against -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 19th century.
Judicial error -- Canada.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 19th century.
Trials (Murder) -- Nova Scotia -- Bear River.
Murder -- Nova Scotia -- Bear River.
Race relations -- Nova Scotia -- History -- 19th century.
Blacks -- Nova Scotia -- Biography.
Forensic sciences -- Case studies.
Bear River (N.S.) -- History.
MARC Display
The lynching of Peter Wheeler / Debra Komar.
by
Komar, Debra, 1965-
Goose Lane Editions, c2014.
Call #:
364.134 K81L
Subjects
Wheeler, Peter, 1869-1896
--
Trials, litigation, etc.
Kempton
,
Annie
,
1881-1896
--
Death
and
burial
.
Lynching
--
Nova Scotia
--
History
--
19th century.
Blacks
--
Crimes against
--
Nova Scotia
--
History
--
19th century.
Judicial error
--
Canada.
Criminal justice, Administration of
--
Nova Scotia
--
History
--
19th century.
Trials (Murder)
--
Nova Scotia
--
Bear River.
Murder
--
Nova Scotia
--
Bear River.
Race relations
--
Nova Scotia
--
History
--
19th century.
Blacks
--
Nova Scotia
--
Biography.
Forensic sciences
--
Case studies.
Bear River (N.S.)
--
History.
ISBN:
9780864924179 (pbk.)
Description:
346 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"On the night of January 27, 1896, 14-year-old
Annie
Kempton
was brutally murdered. Throat slashed, face beaten, she bled to
death
on the floor of her family home in Bear River, Nova Scotia. An entire community and a salacious media rose and pointed their finger at one man: Peter Wheeler. According to the newspapers of the day, not only had Peter Wheeler killed
Annie
Kempton
, he had also committed the unforgivable sin of being dark-skinned and foreign-born, a hired hand who had never learned his place. Thanks to a Halifax detective, the self-proclaimed Sherlock Holmes of the Maritimes, the jury deliberated less than two hours before declaring Peter Wheeler guilty of murder. Peter Wheeler was hanged at 2:21 am on September 8, 1896. The case was among the first in Canada to introduce forensic evidence in a courtroom. Re-examining the evidence using modern techniques, Komar reveals how Peter Wheeler was the victim of a state-sanctioned lynching, executed for a crime he didn't commit. Debra Komar has worked as a forensic anthropologist in the US, UK, and Canada"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
True crime.
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Due Date
Bedford Public Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
364.134 K81L
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Central Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
364.134 K81L
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Central Library
Local History Collection
364.134 K81L
Non-circulating
Local History Room - Central Library, 4th Floor
Add Copy to MyList
Sackville Public Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
364.134 K81L
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Sackville Public Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
364.134 K81L
Adult books
Checked out
Jul 23, 2024
Add Copy to MyList
J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library
Adult Black Nonfiction
364.134 K81L
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Home Delivery - HN
Adult Black Nonfiction
364.134 K81L
Adult books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.