Table of Contents

CONTENTS A Note on the Text 9 Introduction: The Misunderstood Death of Tom Thomson 11 Part ONE: The Life of Tom Thomson 17 1 Tom Thomson`s Life 19 2 Tom Thomson`s Art 28 3 Tom Thomson`s Last Summer 39 4 Mourning Tom Thomson 46 Part TWO: The Many Myths of Thomson`s Death 67 5 Signs of Foul Play 69 6 A Body Discovered 100 7 An Accomplice Confesses 129 8 Thomson as a Father 145 9 Repetition Makes the Stories True 168 Part THREE: The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson 185 10 The Murder of Tom Thomson 187 11 The Suicide of Tom Thomson 206 12 The Body of Tom Thomson 216 13 The Accidental Death of Tom Thomson 225 Epilogue: The Last Death of Tom Thomson 235 Acknowledgements 238 A Note on the Sources 241 Selected Bibliography 243 Index 246

About the Author

Gregory Klages is the research director for Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy, one of twelve archival websites produced by the international award-winning Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History project. His research concerning Thomson has appeared in Canadian and American publications, and been talked about in national newspapers. He has also shared his insights on television and radio across the country. He lives in Toronto.

Reviews

Klages examines each hypothesis in turn, in clean, crisp prose. * writerstrust.com * Klages has produced a timely and valuable contribution to the literature on Thomson that certainly will be of interest to historians, artists, and popular audiences. * Canadian Historical Review * The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson stands as both a conscientious case study and a larger investigation into what history can and cannot do. * Canada's History * Klages' forensic archival sleuthing does provide, for the first time in almost a century, some degree of certainty surrounding this event. -- Kathleen Garay and Christl Verduyn * Archival Narratives for Canada *