Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Green and brown marbled cover. Spine bound in dark blue.
The death whistle
Your browser does not support embedded PDF files.
Green and brown marbled cover. Spine bound in dark blue.

The death whistle

Date1913
Names
Format
Notes
Before his release from prison, a dying inmate gives Andrew Bruce the location of his stolen goods. What follows is adventure, romance, and a hint of the supernatural, as Bruce tries to solve the treasure's mystery.
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 22 cm x 15 cm (8 11/16 in. x 5 7/8 in.)
Language
CollectionMerril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131136867058D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=3332171
Responsible for the deaths of 4,000,000 persons at Oswiecim, Rudolf Hoess, commandant of the extermination camp, was sentenced to death for his crimes(...)
Responsible for the deaths of 4,000,000 persons at Oswiecim, Rudolf Hoess, commandant of the extermination camp, was sentenced to death for his crimes(...)
4/3/1947
The contrast, or, The opposite consequences of good and evil habits : exhibited in the lowest ranks of rural life : for the benefit of intelligent servants and the best proficients in Sunday schools
The contrast, or, The opposite consequences of good and evil habits : exhibited in the lowest ranks of rural life : for the benefit of intelligent servants and the best proficients in Sunday schools
1787
The widow of Roseneath : a lesson of piety affectionately dedicated to the young
The widow of Roseneath : a lesson of piety affectionately dedicated to the young
1824
Freed on bail in the death of another young hockey player, Paul Smithers is in Mississauga Hospital suffering with what may be recurrence of typhoid fever
Freed on bail in the death of another young hockey player, Paul Smithers is in Mississauga Hospital suffering with what may be recurrence of typhoid fever
6/6/1974
I'd Like The Job, wrote Cpl. Milton Baker, Kansas City, to Gen. MacArthur, asking to be hangman at Yamashita's execution. Baker was on the Bataan death march
I'd Like The Job, wrote Cpl. Milton Baker, Kansas City, to Gen. MacArthur, asking to be hangman at Yamashita's execution. Baker was on the Bataan death march
12/19/1945
Death came to three Doolittle fliers with their hands tied to crosses before they were shot as demonstrated by this Japanese warrant officer
Death came to three Doolittle fliers with their hands tied to crosses before they were shot as demonstrated by this Japanese warrant officer
1/30/1946
Acquitted on murder charge, handcuffed, Howard Dean, 39, acquitted of murder in the death of heroin addict Jack Richardson, is led out of the new cour(...)
Acquitted on murder charge, handcuffed, Howard Dean, 39, acquitted of murder in the death of heroin addict Jack Richardson, is led out of the new cour(...)
10/14/1975
The mysterious stranger, or, Memoirs of the noted Henry More Smith: containing a correct account of his extraordinary conduct during the thirteen months of his confinement in the jail of Kings County, province of New Brunswick, where he was convicted of horse stealing, and under sentence of death, and finally pardoned, and set at liberty. Also a sketch of his life and character. From his first appearance at Windsor, in Nova Scotia, in the year 1812, to the time of his apprehenssion and confinement. To which is added a history of his career up to 1841, embracing an account of his imprisonments and escates. Selected from the most authentic sources, both public and private
The mysterious stranger, or, Memoirs of the noted Henry More Smith: containing a correct account of his extraordinary conduct during the thirteen months of his confinement in the jail of Kings County, province of New Brunswick, where he was convicted of horse stealing, and under sentence of death, and finally pardoned, and set at liberty. Also a sketch of his life and character. From his first appearance at Windsor, in Nova Scotia, in the year 1812, to the time of his apprehenssion and confinement. To which is added a history of his career up to 1841, embracing an account of his imprisonments and escates. Selected from the most authentic sources, both public and private
Bwtween 1856 and 1863
Ordeal over: Klementyna Hryn, left strode purposefully from court yesterday after being acquitted of manslaughter in the death of her husband, Carl
Ordeal over: Klementyna Hryn, left strode purposefully from court yesterday after being acquitted of manslaughter in the death of her husband, Carl
11/17/1981
Arriving at a Montreal court are Gabriel Hudon, Raymond Villeneuve, among 15 key witnesses at reopened inquest in death of army night watchman Wilfred(...)
Arriving at a Montreal court are Gabriel Hudon, Raymond Villeneuve, among 15 key witnesses at reopened inquest in death of army night watchman Wilfred(...)
n.d.
Prosper Corbeil, Id responsible in death
Prosper Corbeil, Id responsible in death
9/16/1964
By Wendy Darroch Toronto star, a young mother has been convicted of manslaughter for letting her 22-month-old baby starve to death. Tedi Shannon McVet(...)
By Wendy Darroch Toronto star, a young mother has been convicted of manslaughter for letting her 22-month-old baby starve to death. Tedi Shannon McVet(...)
6/13/1990