August-September 2023

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Desperado

Adopting the alias Pearl Hart, Lillie Davy escaped poverty with determination and a six-shooter. by John Boessenecker

No Retreat, No Surrender

Seventy years after the Korean War armistice, Canadian veterans remember the conflict. by David Pugliese Listen to our podcast

Pulp Secrets Exposed!

Spies, detectives, and adventurers filled the pages of Quebec’s dime novels. by Jean-Louis Trudel

The Great Race

A Toronto track owner took a gamble to land the most spectacular horse race of the twentieth century. by Bob Carson

On the cover

A colourized photograph shows Lillie Davy, a.k.a. Pearl Hart, posing with two six-shooters and a Winchester rifle after being arrested for stagecoach robbery in 1899. / Hanover Square Press

Departments

Editor’s Note

The real Wild West.

The Packet

Tough choices. Another explanation? Memorable match. Ties that bind.

Currents

Refus Global. Sailing with “Steamboat Bill.” A life of toil. Emancipation Day. Cool and calculated. The secret history of camping. Making history in Atlantic Canada. Quebec singing sensation Alys Robi.

Trading Post

A hat from northern Quebec is an example of the region’s Inuit grass-weaving tradition.

Roots

Can statistics increase the probability of success for family history researchers?

Destinations

Historical streetcars tour Edmonton’s Old Strathcona neighbourhood and cross the High Level Bridge. At the museums: children’s television, female Impressionists

Books

Close Read: In the footsteps of Sophia. Reviews: Behind open doors. Barons pressed. More books: Folk artist, family ties, refugee experience, Klondike gold, impactful days. Read them all

August-September 2023