THE SAGA OF RED RYAN And Other Tales Of Violence From Canada's Past

Softcover. A collection of rogues and victims from Canada's past. Includes : Lord Gordon, the self-proclaimed nobleman who conned his way into a fortune before coming to a violent end in Winnipeg; Red Ryan, the Toronto gangster who managed to hoodwink the entire nation in the 1930s; Vancouver's Wong Foon Sing: was he a murderer or the innocent victim of a plot that reached the highest levels of government? Read about a little-known Indian war in British Columbia; and learn the facts behind the much misinterpreted story of Albert Johnson, the notorious Mad Trapper. Illus., End Notes + Index. 157pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. With bookshop rubber stamp on fep, sunned covers. Vg+