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Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1970. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. The true story of the brutal murders of James Donnelly and his family near Lucan, Ontario, in 1879-80. BOOK NUMBER: Laurentian Library 4. CONTENTS: Foreword; I Murder; II More Murder; III The Witness; IV Bloody Tipperary; V Green Wounds; VI Death's Shadow at the Door; VII The Blooding of Farrell; VIII "The Reproach of the Counties"; IX The Fugitive; X Entr'acte; XI Uneasy Peace; XII Mistaken Identity; XIII Maggie Thompson. SYNOPSIS: A feud rooted in antique hatred begun far away, a series of brutal assaults ending in the incredibly vicious murders of a father, wife and five children, a trial of the known murderers by a jury afraid to convict them--these are the elements of Orlo Millers' sensational book about the Donnelly family. They lived in south-western Ontario, heirs… Read More