The Mad Trapper: The Incredible Tale of a Famous Canadian Manhunt (Amazing Stories - Heritage List) - Softcover

Katz, Helena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551537877 ISBN 13: 9781551537870

Publisher: Heritage Amazing Stories, 2004

Synopsis

This is the incredible story of Canada's largest manhunt. Hundreds of men spent 7 weeks tracking the elusive Albert Johnson for 240 kilometres across the frozen North. He was eventually caught and killed but the identity of Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper of Rat River, remains a mystery to this day.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Mad Trapper- The Incredible Tale of a Famous Canadian Manhunt ""His lips were curled back in an ugly sneer, and his teeth looked like fangs sticking out through his beard. Johnson hadn't found the peace in death that had eluded him in the last weeks of his life."" This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: history crime biography This is the incredible story of Canada's largest manhunt. Hundreds of men spent 7 weeks tracking the elusive Albert Johnson for 240 kilometres across the frozen North. He was eventually caught and killed but the identity of Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper of Rat River, remains a mystery to this day.

About the Author:

Helena Katz is an award-winning Montreal journalist whose work has appeared in magazines and newspapers in Canada and the United States. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from McGill University and is currently completing a Masters degree in criminology at the Universite de Montreal. This is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Heritage Amazing Stories
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1551537877
• ISBN 13: 9781551537870
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128