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The law and the lawless : frontier justice in British Columbia and Yukon, 1913-1935

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  • Publisher:
    Heritage House, 2014
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Downs, Art
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    2014
    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.

    Original Publisher: Victoria, Heritage House
    Language(s): English
    Collection(s)/Series: British Columbia Collection