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.

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

Biographies & Memoirs

Katz, Hélèna

Historical

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Canada established a unique mounted police force in 1873 to restore law and order to the western frontier. The men who joined the Force and marched west shared many characteristics - a love of adventure, extreme endurance, and a strong sense of pride in their new country. Their adventures and escapades are legendary.

The Mounties: Tales of Adventure and Danger from the Early Days (Amazing Stories - Heritage List)

Andra-Warner, Elle

Children's Books

This sizzling, action-packed account of Canada's riotous early days recounts the schemes and schemers that launched a famous trading empire. From its earliest days, the Hudson's Bay Company battled everyone and everything just to survive.

Hudson's Bay Company Adventures: Tales of Canada's Fur Traders (Amazing Stories - Heritage List)

In 1897, the Klondike Gold Rush brought thousands of hopeful prospectors to the North. With them came many scoundrels and swindlers who were willing to do whatever it took to separate unsuspecting targets from their hard-earned cash. No swindler was more successful at his craft than Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith, who ruled Skagway, Alaska with a quick hand and a scheming mind. This book explores his most outrageous escapades.

Soapy Smith: Skagway's Scourge of the Klondike (Amazing Stories - Heritage List)

Sauerwein, Stan

For thousands of years, cats have been casting enchanting spells over their human companions. Those who share their lives with friendly felines know that the bond between can and human is unbreakable. From sneaky strays that charm their way into our hearts to pampered purebreds that rule the home, cats are an inextricable part of many people's lives.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Roxanne Willems Snopek

Pets & Animal Care

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary defines hoax as a ""humorous or malicious deception,"" and hex as ""a magic spell."" These stories of hoaxes and hexes illustrate our curious desire to believe in the impossible and explain the inexplicable. Portrayed here are accomplished hoaxers and swidnlders, including the flamboyant 19th-century financier known as Lord Gordon—Gordon; David Walsh, author of the horrendous Bre-X gold-mine hoax of the 1990s; and the eccentric Josef Papp, who claimed to have crossed the Atlantic in a homemade submarine.The persistent power of hexes is recorded in stories of cursed places—including a strange haunting in the Cypress Hills and a deadly Lake Superior lighthouse—and weird coincidences, such as the legendary Hollywood hex on Oscar-winning actresses. Whether humorous or malicious, real or imagined, hoaxes or hexes have entertained and ensnared us throughout history.

Hoaxes and Hexes: Daring Deceptions and Mysterious Curses (Amazing Stories - Heritage List)

History

SMITH, BARBARA

Americas

In mid-July 1925, the SS Bayeskimo ran into heavy drift ice at the entrance to Hudson Strait. The ice carried her north, squeezing the steamer and testing the strength of her rivets. Helpless until the tide changed and the ice moved, the officers and crew could only watch and listen to the ships tormented groans. Slowly at first, trickles of freezing water seeped through the steel plates on her bow. The trickles became a flood, and Bayeskimo began to sink. Bayeskimo was one of hundreds of ships in the Hudsons Bay Companys fur-trade fleet. For much of the companys history, they roamed Hudson Bay, the subarctic and beyond the Arctic Circle, servicing far-flung posts. Some even battled their way around the tip of South America to open up trade on the west coast of North America. During these arduous voyages, many came to grief under conditions that would test the mettle of any ship. Here are some of their stories.

The Fur-Trade Fleet: Shipwrecks of the Hudson's Bay Company (Amazing Stories - Heritage List)

Dalton, Anthony

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