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The Law and the Lawless

Frontier Justice In British Columbia And Yukon, 1913-1935

Various AuthorsSeries: Amazing Stories (Heritage House)
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Pages
144
Year
2014
Language
English

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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.
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. As the stagecoach and dogsled gave way to the automobile and airplane, these intrepid detectives were quick to change with the times and adopt every means available to maintain peace and keep the upper hand against bootleggers, renegades, and criminal gangs.

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.

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