The Bastard of Fort Stikine: The Hudson's Bay Company and the Murder of John McLoughlin Jr. Paperback - 2015
by Debra Komar
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Is it possible to reach back in time and solve an unsolved murder, more than 170 years after it was committed?
Just after midnight on April 21, 1842, John McLoughlin Jr., the chief trader at Fort Stikine, was shot dead by his own men. The Hudson's Bay Company had high expectations for this remote post on the Pacific Northwest coast, but within two years it had devolved into a cesspool of paranoia, violence, misrule, and revolt. The fort's complement claimed the shooting was their only means of stopping McLoughlin's drunken and abusive rampages, and HBC Governor George Simpson took them at their word. The case never saw the inside of a courtroom. McLoughlin was buried withotu ceremony, and the Company closed the book on his death.
Now Debra Komar uses archival research and modern forensic science, including ballistics, virtual autopsy, and crime scene reconstruction, to unlock the mystery of what really happened the night John McLoughlin died. The story of his murder provides a glimpse into the sometimes brutal reality of life in the Hudson's Bay Company and the role it played in shaping the Canadian north.
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- Title The Bastard of Fort Stikine: The Hudson's Bay Company and the Murder of John McLoughlin Jr.
- Author Debra Komar
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 288
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton
- Date 2015
- ISBN 9780864928719 / 0864928718
- Weight 0.95 lbs (0.43 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
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- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Dewey Decimal Code 364.152
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