Albert Johnson was a loner, a deadly shot, who in 1932 triggered a gruelling manhunt that has become an Arctic legend. For over six weeks, amid blizzards and numbing cold, he eluded a posse of trappers, First Nations and RCMP, who for the very first time used a two-way radio and an airplane in their search.
Johnson was involved in four shoot-outs, killing one policeman and gravely wounding two other men before being shot to death. Over a half-century later, an intriguing mystery remains: Who was Albert Johnson?
Albert Johnson was a loner, a deadly shot, who in 1932 triggered a gruelling manhunt that has become an Arctic legend. For over six weeks, amid blizzards and numbing cold, he eluded a posse of trappers, First Nations and RCMP, who for the very first time used a two-way radio and an airplane in their search.
Johnson was involved in four shoot-outs, killing one policeman and gravely wounding two other men before being shot to death. Over a half-century later, an intriguing mystery remains: Who was Albert Johnson?
The Death of Albert Johnson: Mad Trapper of Rat River
96The Death of Albert Johnson: Mad Trapper of Rat River
96Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781926613260 |
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Publisher: | Heritage House |
Publication date: | 11/07/2011 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 96 |
Sales rank: | 806,158 |
File size: | 3 MB |