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Authors: Lee Mellor

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“Living in the shadow of tragedy.”
Canada.com
.
www.canada.com/ch/chcanews/news/story.html?id=fc3d2f3e-aa0b-4f3e-bbb8-31499a4b71c0
, accessed May 27, 2012.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Mellor, Lee, 1982-

Rampage [electronic resource] : Canadian mass murder and spree killing / by Lee Mellor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic document in multiple formats.
Issued also in print format.

ISBN 978-1-4597-0723-8

1. Mass murder--Canada--History. 2. Mass murderers--Canada--

Biography. I. Title.

HV6805.M447 2013 364.152'340922 C2012-904611-6

We acknowledge the support of the
Canada Council for the Arts
and the
Ontario Arts Council
for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the
Government of Canada
through the
Canada Book Fund
and
Livres Canada Books
, and the
Government of Ontario
through the
Ontario Book Publishing Tax Credit
and the
Ontario Media Development Corporation
.

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