THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF DETECTIVE PETER OWEN CARROLL

Softcover. Revised and rewritten - first published in 1924. Detective Peter Owen "Peachy" Carroll who in 1922, was a member of the Provincial Detective Force, had been described to the author as a one-man vigilante committee, bounty hunter, bootlegger and a "damn good detective". At the age of 24, after a 'colourful' past, he had become chief of police for the Town of Pictou, Nova Scotia, a bustling sea port, full of open bars, ships and sailors from all over the world. Illus. 105pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Tiny crumple to top and lower corners of fr. cover o/w Vg+ with no other creasing.