From hewers of wood to producers of pulp: True crime in Canadian pulp magazines of the 1940s

Journal of Canadian Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 11-32

  Strange, Carolyn ^a   Loo, Tina ^a  

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EID: 4344674018     PISSN: 00219495     EISSN: 19110251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcs.37.2.11     Document Type: Article

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