| Press Release If it were fiction, no-one would believe it!
When Charles Wilkins gets going on the Metis uprising, the Last Spike, the end of the buffalo, Klondike Gold and much else, the Mounties sometimes have to fight for space in their own history. The Wild Ride is a great story, and Charles Wilkins rides it for all it is worth.
Christopher Moore
The Wild Ride is a great read at so many levels. History, culture and the fabric of Canada play out page after page.
Senator Larry Campbell
The Wild Ride: A history of the North West Mounted Police 1873–1904 includes all the elements of a classic adventure yarn; mythic Indians, devious politicians, whisky trading scoundrels, visionary nation and rail builders, fur traders, murderers, scouts, men and women willing to die in their quest for gold, and an unproven force of red-coated cops on an improbable and at times preposterous mission of their own.
Yet, this amazing cast of characters are as real as the events described in The Wild Ride, a well-researched, engaging and fast-paced history of the Canadian West and the founding of the North West Mounted Police, due for publication in September 2010.
From the throes of Confederation, through the Red River Rebellion, the arrival of the railway in western Canada, and the Klondike Gold Rush, the book draws on the letters, diaries and memoirs of those who lived this epic period of Canadian history, bringing their story vividly to life with photos, drawing and maps. It is a book as memorable, colourful and dramatic
as the compelling events it records.
Illustrated with over 200 images • 240 pages • 8.5 x 9 inches
Hardcover • $45.00 • isbn 978-0-9809304-1-2
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