The law and the lawless : frontier justice on the Canadian Prairies, 1896-1935 /

"At the end of the nineteenth century, Canada's prairies were still sparsely populated. Crimes such as horse theft, random murders, and prison escapes were the order of the day, and the North West Mounted Police continued to rely on their horses, their contacts, and their wits to apprehend...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Downs, Art (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Victoria ; Vancouver ; Calgary : Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., [2015]
Colección:Amazing stories (Surrey, B.C.)
Temas:
Outlaws > Prairie Provinces > Biography.
Police > Prairie Provinces > Biography.
Crime > Prairie Provinces > History.
Frontier and pioneer life > Prairie Provinces.
Hors-la-loi > Provinces des Prairies > Biographies.
Policiers > Provinces des Prairies > Biographies.
Criminalité > Provinces des Prairies > Histoire.
Vie des pionniers > Provinces des Prairies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime
Frontier and pioneer life
Outlaws
Police
Prairie Provinces > History.
Provinces des Prairies > Histoire.
Prairie Provinces
TRUE CRIME / General
crime; murder; prairies; prison; theft; manhunt; law; shootout; victim; North West Mounted Police; detective; police; outlaws; justice; lawless; prison escape; police science; sleuth; crime-solving; justice
Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The murder of Sergeant Wilde / by Philip H. Godsell
  • Ernest Cashel
  • American desperado / by F.W. Anderson
  • Alberta's frontier detective / by R.G. Evans
  • Saskatchewan's midnight massacre / by Jim Hunt
  • Emperor Pic and the girl in the scarlet tam / by Philip H. Godsell
  • The strangler who terrified the prairies / by F.W. Anderson
  • The rifle that hanged two killers / by Cecil Clark
  • When guns blazed at Banff / by Jim Hunt.

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