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Between blade and bullet : the Mary Steinhauser story

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    Certified Accessible By: National Network for Equitable Library Service
    Running Time: 11:11 hrs
    Narrator: Jacqui Bishop
    Publisher:
    BC Libraries Cooperative, 2023
    Note: This book was recorded thanks to support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Franz, Margaret
    Date:
    Created
    2021
    Summary:

    The courageous life and tragic death of a brave and passionate young social worker and prison justice advocate, caught up in the terror of a hostage-taking at the B.C. Penitentiary in June 1975.

    Contents:
    • Introduction
    • Roots
    • Growing up
    • Rescued
    • Psychiatric nurse, Essondale, B.C.
    • 999 Queen Street, Toronto
    • Tranquile school, Kamloops, B.C.
    • Educated
    • The Pen
    • 41 hours
    • Requiem
    • 1975 Farris commission of inquiry
    • 1976 coroner's inquest
    • Inmate hostage-taker
    • Go-between
    • Hostage
    • Marksman
    • Verdict
    • Song of Mary.
    Genre:
    Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography
    Subject(s): British Columbia | Steinhauser, Mary | Women
    Original Publisher: Victoria, B.C., Friesen Press
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 1525588230, 9781525588235, 1525588249, 9781525588242
    Collection(s)/Series: British Columbia Collection