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    Laughing Whitefish

    By Robert Traver and Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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    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 challenge—a compelling case of injustice at the hands of powerful mining interests. Years earlier, Charlotte's father led the Jackson Mining Company to a lucrative iron ore strike, and he was then granted a small share in the mine, which the new owners refuse to honor. Willy is now Charlotte's sole recourse for justice. Laughing Whitefish is a gripping account of barriers between Indian people and their legal rights. These poignant conflicts are delicately wrought by the pre-eminent master of the trial thriller, the best-selling author of Anatomy of a Murder. This new edition includes a foreword by Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University, that contextualizes the novel and actual decisions of the Michigan Supreme Court ruling in favor of Charlotte.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichigan State University Press
    Release dateMay 1, 2011
    ISBN9781628950892
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    Laughing Whitefish
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    Robert Traver

    Robert Traver is the pseudonym of the former Michigan Supreme Court justice John D. Voelker (1903-1991). His best-selling novel, Anatomy of a Murder (1958), was turned into the award-winning film of the same name. He is also the author of Trout Madness, People Versus Kirk, and Laughing Whitefish, among other works. He lived in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

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    • 4/5
      A fun read.
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      5697. Laughing Whitefish, by Robert Traver (read 27 Jun 2020) This is a very readable fiction published in 1965,. It tells the story of an equity case, loosely based on a real case, the citations for which are 12 NW 9o1, and 16 NW 295 and 43 Nw 604.. Once in the book the trial started I was very interested in the story, which was a case involving Indian custom--the trial being laid in 19th century Michigan and the effectiveness of such Indian custom .