Wild Canadian West

The history of the Wild West for too many years, has been considered the exclusive domain of the men and women who inhabited the South-western states of Kansas, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Wyoming. Canada had her share of men and women, good and bad, who opened the west for exploration and exploitation. Many famous gunfighters, outlaws, gamblers and lawmen of the Wild West were Canadian. This book exhibits the differences between Canadian settlers and their American counterparts. It shows how the law was enforced in the west even though lawmen were few in number. It touches on the naivete of some settlers and the lack of judgement shown by some leaders. It also seeks to show the injustice that was done to the native people who neither knew nor understood the white man's law.

Introduction; The Terror of Batoche; British Columbia's Hanging Judge; The Face In the Nugget; The Mysterious Riders; The Civilian Who Humbled An Army; The Gunman Who Was Out of Date; The Day the Fort Was Taken; Badman From Tombstone; The Photogenic Outlaw; The Trouble with Isaac; The West's Most Dangerous Man; The Travelling Firewater Salesman; The Angel of the Goldfields; Sudden Death: Vigilante Style; The Shootout at Fortier's Café; The Man Who Started the Gold Rush; A Most Surprising Verdict; Last of the Butch Cassidy Gang?; Deadly Delinquents; The Two-Fisted Town Tamer; The Tragedy of Bad Young Man.