Thugs, Thieves, and Outlaws
Subtitle: Alberta Crime Stories
Publisher: University of Regina
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780889773004
Subjects: Crime, canada; Criminals, canada
Description: The crime stories collected in these pages unearth the most disturbing chapters of Alberta's history. The province's most notorious criminals are chronicled here: cannibals, train robbers, cold-blooded murders, kidnappers, and more. From the notorious Swift Runner to Alberta's largest mass execution to the Mayerthorpe murders, this collection explores greed, depravity, and desperation in the seemingly safe haven of Wild Rose Country.