Canadian Holy War: A Story of Clans, Tongs, Murder, and Bigotry

by Ian Macdonald and Betty O'Keefe

On Earth, one gentle soul the less; in Heaven, one angel more. So reads the epitaph of Scottish nursemaid Janet Smith, the victim of a 1924 tragedy that ignited racial tension in a very young Vancouver. At the core of the issue were the mysterious circumstances surrounding Smith's death, particularly the fact that the only other adult in the house at the time was the Chinese house boy. When Smith's death was followed by the assassination of Davie...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894384113
• ISBN13: 9781894384117
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Heritage House
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"