Mountie in Mukluks - The Arctic Adventures of Bill White , of the RCMP

White , Patrick / ref : Bill White / Edith Iglauer Views (10)

Victoria / Vancouver: Harbour Pub, 2004. 2004 Hardcover in DJ ... BRAND NEW from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Jacket protected in New, clear, non-stick mylar sleeve ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... 248 pages with index ... illustrated with B&W photographs & B&W maps on endpages ...Forward by Edith Iglauer ... In this book, the inspired storytelling of ex-mountie Bill White brings vivid new life to the myth of the old-time redcoat who travelled the by dogsled, but readers of this book will soon realize they are in the presence of one of the most un-cop-like cops who ever built an igloo ... His cuss-filled accounts of life in the old North, by turns hair-raiising and hilarious, are woven into a moving saga by author Patrick White, placing "Mountie in Mukluks" among the best of Arctic adventure tales ... A rancher, trapper and roustabout who joined the for his own protection after repeated trouble with the law, Bill took basic taining in Regina, recalling it as a "modified scouts program" enlivened by bouts of wild drinking ... He spent some time wrestling with nude Doukhobor protestors in Saskatchewan before becoming a crewman on the historic RCMP patrol ship St. Roch under the command of the legendary Captain Henry Lawsen, but he hungered for greater adventure and requested a posting ashore upon reaching Cambridge Bay in the Central Arctic ... Adventure he found: "Mountie in Mukluks bristles with accounts of near-death experience under the ice on a frozen river; of an 1800-km dog-sled chase on an arctic murder case and of numerous fascinating encounters with shamans, telepathy and an Inuit way of life that has now vanished from the earth ... "Mounties in Mukluks" is sure to cause a stir among fans of the RCMP and Arctic lore ... A natural rebel who preferred the company of Inuit seal hunters to that of his colleagues, Bill serves up a blistering critique of the white settler way of life and its red-coated enforcers, many of who disdained the traditions of the Inuit while similtaneously relying on them for survival ... " Mountie in Mukluks : The Arctic Adventures of Bill White," by Patrick White ... Published by Harbour Publishing, Victoria, British Columbia ... 2004 Hardcover in Dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality ... *** Securely packed for safe delivery ~ We've been shipping books across North America and around the World, since 1965 ~ Family owned & operated for more than 40 years ~ Online sellers for 10 years ! ***. 2004 Printing. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. New/New. Illus. by Photos. 6 x 9 x 1 ".

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