OUTLAWS OF WESTERN CANADA a Collection of Western Canada's Most Villainous Outlaws

Paperback. Through television, books and film, Canadians have long been saturated with the heroes and villains of the American West, while remaining almost totally ignorant of their own desperadoes. This book shatters the myth that the Canadian West was placid or dull, with a collection of 20 chapters on Western Canada's most villainous outlaws - cannibals, thieves, murderers etc. Chapter headings include : Bill Miner; William Quantrill; Matthew Roderick; Jack (Sam) Rowlands; Ah-Chee-Wun; Moses Paul & Paul Spintlum; One-Ear Charlie Brown; Almighty Voice; Charcoal; Swift Runner; Boone Helm; Simon Gun-An-Noot; The Flying Dutchman; The Wild Mcleans; Antoine Lucanage; Ernest Cashel; Gaddy & Racette; The Dubois Gang; Frank Spencer; Bulldog Kelly. Illus. + Bibliog. 160pp. p/back. Fr. cover painting depicts Bill Miner and his gang performing Canada's first train robbery, painted by Manitoba artist Terry McLean. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Browned pp., lightly sunned covers. Vg.