The Mad Trapper: The Incredible Tale of a Famous Canadian Manhunt by Helena Katz


The Mad Trapper: The Incredible Tale of a Famous Canadian Manhunt
Title : The Mad Trapper: The Incredible Tale of a Famous Canadian Manhunt
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ISBN : 1551537877
ISBN-10 : 978-1551537870
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback, Mass Market Paperback
Number of Pages : 144 pages
Publication : Heritage House Publishing Co. Ltd.

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 Reviews

  • Tess

    Good book. The research taken to write a book like this is always impressive. I know because I wrote a book. They Feed Sharks by Richard Piquette, is available here on Books. Buy it today.

  • Robert

    Great read. I’ve read everything I could find on Albert. The history is diluted and the truth may never be known.

  • Michael Attwell

    Another great read added to my collection on the Mad Trapper of Rat River.

  • heavybart

    while she brings nothing new to the story,Helena Katz is able to bring a certain rhythm to the story and succeed in making us read the book cover to cover

  • highlandbeagles

    Great Canadian storry.

  • caters

    Even if you are familiar with the story of the manhunt for Albert Johnson, this book brings new details to light. The storytelling is vivid and suspenseful, a real "page turner" (what's the audiobook equivalent for "page turner"??). The author has uncovered new clues to the

  • Nate Hendley

    A tense, terse account of one of the strangest manhunts in Canadian history, set in some of the most difficult terrain imaginable. I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Knuckle gripping action in a white, Arctic hell. The story unfolds with cinematic clarity; you can practically

  • Ken

    Great Canadian story