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Tortuous Trails - Mystery Cases of the Mounties - cover

Tortuous Trails - Mystery Cases of the Mounties

Hulbert Footner

Publisher: Wildside Press

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Summary

Police work in the vast spaces of Canada’s North-West has a fascination of its own. There is a glamour about the Mountieswhich never grows dim, and the four stories included in this book feature the ingenious and exciting tales of the adventures of Sergeant Brinklow and Trooper MacNab, two valiant officers of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Available since: 04/20/2022.
Print length: 248 pages.

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