Tom Thomson: The Life and Mysterious Death of the Famous Canadian Painter (Amazing Stories) [Paperback]

Jim Poling Sr. (Author)

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Publication Date: October 15, 2003 | ISBN-10: 1551539500 | ISBN-13: 978-1551539508 | Edition: First Printing

"An overturned canoe. A body recovered. Presumably Thomson drowned. That should have been the end of it. It was only the beginning." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: biography, history, the visual arts or true-life mysteries. Tom Thomson is perhaps Canada's most famous artist. His short and glorious career was abruptly and brutally ended on July 8, 1917. Since the recovery of Thomson's body, theories as to the cause of his death - accident? murder? - have preoccupied sleuths for more than 90 years.

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Tom Thompson- The Life and Mysterious Death of the Famous Canadian Painter "An overturned canoe. A body recovered. Presumably Thomson drowned. That should have been the end of it. It was only the beginning." This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: biography history visual arts mystery Tom Thomson is perhaps Canada's most famous artist. His short and glorious career was abruptly and brutally ended on July 8, 1917. Since the recovery of Thomson's body, theories as to the cause of his death - accident? murder? - have preoccupied sleuths for more than 90 years.

About the Author

Jim Poling Sr. is the author of two histories on outdoors themes, The Canoe: An Illustrated History (Key Porter 2000) and The Decoy (Key Porter 2001). In 2003 he published his first collection of short stories titled Lights in Dark Forests. He is a frequent contributor to Cottage Life magazine. He lives in Alliston, Ontario, but spends much of his time at his cottage not far from the Algonquin Park west boundary. He is the retired general manager and editor of The Canadian Press news agency.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Amazing Stories; First Printing edition (October 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1551539500
• ISBN-13: 978-1551539508
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,123,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Jim Poling Sr. is the retired editor of The Canadian Press news agency and the author of eight books. His magazine work has appeared in Cottage Life, Ontario Out of Doors, and Readers' Digest. He divides his time between Alliston, Ontario and St. Nora's Lake just south of Dorset, Ontario.