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The law and the lawless : frontier justice in British Columbia and Yukon, 1913-1935 / edited by Art Downs.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Amazing stories (Surrey, B.C.)
- Amazing stories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Frontier and pioneer life--British Columbia.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (144 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Victoria, British Columbia : Heritage, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The far-ranging officers of the BC Provincial Police covered an area larger than California, Oregon, and Washington combined. In Yukon, a force of nineteen Mounties were charged with upholding the law across all of Arctic Canada. Set in frontier towns and rural communities from Vancouver Island to the Rocky Mountains to Herschel Island, Yukon, the stories in this collection reveal the real-life hardships and triumphs of policing through the boom and bust years of the early twentieth century.
- Contents:
- Prologue
- 1: Henry Wagner, Merciless Killer
- 2: My Friend, the Hangman
- 3: Shoot-Out at New Hazelton
- 4: Death Duel in the Crowsnest Pass
- 5: Murder in the Arctic
- 6: Mad Trapper of Rat River
- 7: Horror on the Canford Reserve
- 8: Vancouver's Hyslop Gang.
- Notes:
- Repackaged from: Outlaws & lawmen of Western Canada.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Contains:
- Outlaws & lawmen of Western Canada.
- ISBN:
- 1-77203-030-9
- 1-77203-031-7
- OCLC:
- 900244338
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