Frank W. Anderson (1) (1919–2008)
Forfatter af Old Bill Miner: Last of the Famous Western Bandits
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Værker af Frank W. Anderson
Oldtime Canadian Sheriffs and Outlaws 4 eksemplarer
A Frontier Guide to the Dewdney trail : Salmo to Fort Steele (Frontier Book No. 27) (1969) 3 eksemplarer
Sagas of the Canadian West 2 eksemplarer
Turtle Mountain disaster 2 eksemplarer
A frontier guide to Calgary-Banff highway 2 eksemplarer
Canadian Calendar of Crime 1500-1996 1 eksemplar
Sagas of the Canadian West, Volume Two 1 eksemplar
True tales of western Canada 1 eksemplar
Clear Lake and The Riding Mountain Park 1 eksemplar
Sagas of the Canadian West, Volume Three 1 eksemplar
Sagas of the Canadian West, Volume Seven 1 eksemplar
Sagas of the Canadian West, Volume One 1 eksemplar
Outlaws of Manitoba 1 eksemplar
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- Fødselsdato
- 1919
- Dødsdag
- 2008-04-10
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Canada
- Fødested
- Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
- Bopæl
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada - Uddannelse
- University of Toronto
- Erhverv
- prisoner
- Kort biografi
- Along with the likes of Art Downs, Bill Barlee, David Hancock and Garnet Basque, Frank W. Anderson pioneered the viability of unintimidating, populist history titles about frontier life in British Columbia although he himself was never primarily a British Columbian.
Born in Brandon, Manitoba in 1919, Frank W. Anderson has one of the most remarkable life stories of any Western Canadian historian. Orphaned at 18 months, he grew up in foster homes, reform schools and jails. At age 16, he was convicted of killing a prison guard and was sentenced to death. This was commuted to life and he spent the next 15 years in a penitentiary. There he completed his high school education and became the first prisoner in Canada to take University courses behind bars.
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- Værker
- 48
- Medlemmer
- 210
- Popularitet
- #105,678
- Vurdering
- 3.1
- Anmeldelser
- 5
- ISBN
- 38
Brisk retelling of the RCMP manhunt for a lone trapper in the NWT and Yukon wilderness. Johnson, whose identity remains unclear, led a posse of Mounties, natives and trappers a merry dance through blizzard and tundra in the middle of winter, lasting six weeks, killing one, and wounding two of his pursuers who had the advantage of radio and a plane.
Bonus chapters at the end reprint an article on the Mad Trapper’s potential identity, an account by the pilot (and WWI flying ace) W.F. May, and a recapitulation of the story and of May’s career. Book is full of instructive photos, including two unsettling images of the dead trapper’s sneering, emaciated visage, radiant with defiance and malice.… (mere)