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Laughing Whitefish
Laughing Whitefish
Author: Robert Traver
Laughing Whitefish is an engrossing trail drama of ethnic hostility and the legal defense of Indian treaties. Young Lawyer William (Willy) Poe puts out a shingle in Marquette, Michigan, in 1873, hoping to meet a woman who will take him seriously. His first client, the alluring Charlotte Kawbawgam, known as Laughing Whitefish, offers an enticing ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781611860146
ISBN-10: 1611860148
Publication Date: 5/1/2011
Pages: 246
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Michigan State University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Very similar to Anatomy of a Murder but with a different case to work, and in a different time. Lots of UP and Marquette history.
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rom the master author who set the standard for thrilling courtroom drama with the bestselling classic Anatomy of a Murder, another stylish courtroom novel. Laughing Whitefish is a tragic love story based on a 19th-century Indian land case that ended up in the Michigan Supreme Court.


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