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The Bad and the Lonely
Seven Stories of the Best--and Worst--Canadian Outlaws
by Martin Robin
Remarkable and fascinating stories of Canadian badmen.
In this book Martin Robin tells seven remarkable and fascinating stories of Canadian badmen. All were heroes--or villains--in their time, and they remain popular legends today.
The stories describe figures such as Bill Miner, the charming train robber who regularly held up the CPR; Donald Morrison, the Megantic Outlaw, who eluded capture for months after being shooting a constable sent to evict his family from their farm; and Almighty Voice, a Saskatchewan Cree hunted by Mounties for feeding his family with a stolen government cow, finally brought down with artillery fire.
The Bad and the Lonely is a lucid, witty and poignant book that brings to life colourful and tragic figures from Canada's past.
The stories describe figures such as Bill Miner, the charming train robber who regularly held up the CPR; Donald Morrison, the Megantic Outlaw, who eluded capture for months after being shooting a constable sent to evict his family from their farm; and Almighty Voice, a Saskatchewan Cree hunted by Mounties for feeding his family with a stolen government cow, finally brought down with artillery fire.
The Bad and the Lonely is a lucid, witty and poignant book that brings to life colourful and tragic figures from Canada's past.
Subjects (BISAC)
HISTORY / Canada / General, LAW / Criminal Law / General, REFERENCE / General, TRUE CRIME / Murder / General
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