{"product_id":"9781459731967","title":"The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow did Tom Thomson die in the summer of 1917?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWas landscape painter Tom Thomson shot by poachers, or by a German-American draft dodger? Did a blow from a canoe paddle knock him unconscious and into the water? Was he fatally injured in a drunken fight? Did he end his life out of fear of being forced to marry his pregnant girlfriend?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the death of the renowned Canadian landscape painter, \u003ci\u003eThe Many Deaths of Tom Thomson\u003c\/i\u003e offers an authoritative review of the historical record, as well as some theories you might not have thought of in a hundred years. Cultural historian Gregory Klages surveys first-hand testimony and archival records about Thomson’s tragic demise, attempting to sort fact from legend in the death of this Canadian icon.","brand":"Gregory Klages (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Dundurn Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2016-05-14","offer_id":44151165419775,"sku":"9781459731967","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f59725fd-41cd-4e5e-8b20-25af80de0c3f.jpg?v=1705734585","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781459731967","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}