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"A courageous and unrelenting posse on the trail of a furious and desperate wilderness outlaw more animal and more ghost than man. Lean and bloody, meticulously researched, The Mad Trapper of Rat River is a dark and haunting story of human endurance, adventure, and will that speeds along like the best fiction."-- Bob Butz
"The Arctic trails do indeed have their secret tales, and one of the best is that of The Mad Trapper of Rat River, equal to the legends of those other 1930s outlaws, Bonnie and Clyde and John Dillinger. Now author Dick North (of course) may have solved the mystery of the Mad Trapper's true identity, thereby enhancing the saga. " --Thomas McIntyre, author of Seasons & Days: A Hunting Life
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They called it "The Arctic Circle War." It was a manhunt the likes of which we will never see again. The quarry, Albert Johnson, was a loner working a string of traps in the far reaches of Canada's Northwest Territories, where winter temperatures average forty degrees below zero.
The chase began when two Mounties came to ask Johnson about allegations that he had interfered with a neighbor's trap. No questions were asked. Johnson discharged the first shot through a hole in the door of his log cabin. A vicious firefight ensued. When the Mounties returned with reinforcements, Johnson was gone, and The Arctic Circle War had begun.
It was a forty-eight-day odyssey across the harshest terrain in the world. On Johnson's heels were a corps of Mounties and an irregular posse on dogsled, supplied by airplanes dropping food. Johnson, on snowshoes, seemed superhuman in his ability to evade capture. The chase stretched for hundreds of miles, and during a blizzard crossed the Richardson Mountains, the northernmost extension of the Rockies. It culminated in the historic shootout at Eagle River. In this book, a new photograph solves the mystery of The Mad Trapper of Rat River.
Chances are the world will never see another chase like this one.
The chase began when two Mounties came to ask Johnson about allegations that he had interfered with a neighbor's trap. No questions were asked. Johnson discharged the first shot through a hole in the door of his log cabin. A vicious firefight ensued. When the Mounties returned with reinforcements, Johnson was gone, and The Arctic Circle War had begun.
It was a forty-eight-day odyssey across the harshest terrain in the world. On Johnson's heels were a corps of Mounties and an irregular posse on dogsled, supplied by airplanes dropping food. Johnson, on snowshoes, seemed superhuman in his ability to evade capture. The chase stretched for hundreds of miles, and during a blizzard crossed the Richardson Mountains, the northernmost extension of the Rockies. It culminated in the historic shootout at Eagle River. In this book, a new photograph solves the mystery of The Mad Trapper of Rat River.
Chances are the world will never see another chase like this one.
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Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Thomas Coleman always wondered - in view of the saga that was later to unfold - what might have happened if he had kept following the mystery man's trail through the snow that day. Read the first page
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Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police Corporal Thomas Coleman always wondered - in view of the saga that was later to unfold - what might have happened if he had kept following the mystery man's trail through the snow that day. Read the first page
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What a fantastic read. The account of the Mad Trapper of Rat River is one of the most famous Canadian Police Stories. It's the story of one of the longest Police Chases in Canadian History. A chase that took place in the Canadian Arctic during one of the coldest winters recorded. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police set out to capture Albert Johnson after he had wounded one RCMP officer and killed another. The story has become one of legend. For years no one knew the identity of this infamous criminal. Dick North has spent many years researching this story. After all this time he believes he has finally found ALbert Johnson's true identity. I would highly recommend that you purchase this book. You will not be disappointed
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A great book that holds your interest. You wonder how a man could all of a sudden become this way and we never find the answer.
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This review is from: The Mad Trapper of Rat River: A True Story of Canada's Biggest Manhunt (Paperback)
how the mad trapper could always manage to escape from the mounties, it's a mystery that no one will ever know who the real persons name was, very interesting
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