Tells the stories of privateers, pirates, train robbers, early explorers, desperados, mutineers, traitors, gangs of outlaws, and fugitives tracked down by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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Author: Horwood, Harold, Butts, EdwardSummary: -
Author: Butts, EdwardSummary:During the American Revolution and the border conflicts that followed, Simon Girty’s name struck terror into the hearts of U.S. settlers in the Ohio Valley and the territory of Kentucky. Girty (...
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Author: Butts, EdwardSummary:Across Canada peace officers put their lives on the line every day. From John Fisk in 1804, the first known Canadian policeman killed in the line of duty, to the four RCMP officers shot to death...
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Author: Butts, EdwardSummary:This book picks up where The Desperate Ones: Canada's Forgotten Outlaws left off. Here are more remarkable true stories about Canadian crimes and criminals -- most of them tales that have...
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Author: Butts, EdwardSummary:Who committed Toronto’s Silk Stocking Murder? Why did a quiet accountant in Guelph, Ontario, murder his wife and two daughters? When did police in Alberta hire a self-styled mind reader to solve a...
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Author: Butts, EdwardSummary:Short-listed for the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction They were among Canada’s most desperate criminals, yet their names have been all but forgotten in the annals of history - until...
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Author: Butts, Edward, Stensson, KarlSummary:A charming tale of history, creativity, natural inspiration, and a love of gardening. In 1913, Howard Dunington-Grubb and his wife, Lorrie, bought a small plot of land near Sheridan, Ontario, for...
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Author: Butts, EdwardSummary:Bestselling true crime author Edward Butts presents a rogues’ gallery of desperadoes whose crimes range from robbery to murder. English bank robbers on the run turn up in Newfoundland. A legendary...
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Author: Larsen, Wayne, Knowles, Valerie, Lahey, D.T., Butts, Edward, Leavey, Peggy DymondSummary:Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: nineteenth century railway builder William...
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Author: Ferguson, Julie H., Henighan, Tom, Maes, Nicholas, Larsen, Wayne, Stewart, Sharon, Knowles, Valerie, Lahey, D.T., Butts, Edward, Leavey, Peggy DymondSummary:Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson...
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Author: Fitzgerald, Judith, Labrèche-Larouche, Michelle, Braid, Kate, Rigelhof, T.F., Plante, Raymond, Slade, Arthur, Wilson, John, Bridge, Kathryn, Stewart, Roderick, Stewart, Sharon, Macpherson, Margaret, goodall, lian, Paulin, Marguerite, Legaré, Francine, Evans, Gary, Cowley, Deborah, Shardlow, Tom, Kirk, Heather, Cimon, Anne, Vanasse, André, Larsen, Wayne, Henighan, Tom, Maes, Nicholas, Ferguson, Julie H., Knowles, Valerie, Lahey, D.T., Butts, Edward, Leavey, Peggy Dymond, Sadlier, Rosemary, Argyle, Ray, Tidridge, Nathan, Martin, GedSummary:This special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world. Some of...
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Author: Leavey, Peggy Dymond, Stewart, Sharon, Sadlier, Rosemary, Butts, EdwardSummary:Presenting four titles in the Quest Biography series profiling prominent figures in Canada’s history. In these four books, we explore the cultural heritage at the roots of Canada’s present-day...
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Author: Ferguson, Julie H., Henighan, Tom, Maes, Nicholas, Larsen, Wayne, Stewart, Sharon, Knowles, Valerie, Lahey, D.T., Butts, Edward, Leavey, Peggy DymondSummary:
Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson...
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Author: Stewart, Sharon, Butts, Edward, Sadlier, RosemarySummary:Presenting three titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada's history. In these three books we explore the cultural heritage that is at the roots of Canada's...
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Author: Butts, EdwardSummary:In 1607, Henry Hudson was an obscure English sea captain. By 1610, he was an internationally renowned explorer. He made two voyages in search of a Northeast Passage to the Orient and had...