| The Mad Trapper Contributor(s): Wiebe, Rudy (Author) |
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ISBN: 088995268X ISBN-13: 9780889952683 Publisher: Red Deer Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2003 Annotation: When it began, he was just another stranger without a name. When it ended, he was the most notorious criminal in North America, the object of the largest manhunt in RCMP history. This is the story of Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper, a silent man of superhuman strength and endurance, who defied capture for fifty days in the bitter cold of winter, north of the Arctic Circle. He was a man who crossed hundreds of miles of frozen tundra on foot, who survived dynamite blasts and the pursuit of police, trappers and the army, and who became the first man to cross the Richardson Mountains in a blizzard. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Law & Crime - Young Adult Fiction | Historical - Canada |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.54" W x 8.66" (0.51 lbs) 192 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 71242 Reading Level: 6.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When it began, he was just another stranger without a name. When it ended, he was the most notorious criminal in North America, the object of the largest manhunt in RCMP history. This is the story of Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper, a silent man of superhuman strength and endurance, who defied capture for fifty days in the bitter cold of winter, north of the Arctic Circle. He was a man who crossed hundreds of miles of frozen tundra on foot, who survived dynamite blasts and the pursuit of police, trappers and the army, and who became the first man to cross the Richardson Mountains in a blizzard. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wiebe, Rudy: - Rudy Wiebe |