Mountie fiction writers and stories.
GREATEST WRITERS OF MOUNTIE FICTION Top 10 Authors Canadian Mounted Police
How did a handful of real-life Policemen become National Mythic Heroes? Meet the Top 10 Writers of Mountie Fiction!
“No other nation owes its primary Mythology to such a mix of international writers! Four Americans, three Canadians, an Australian, an Englishman and a Norwegian. The Aussie and Norwegian served as Mounted Policemen.” Brian Alan Burhoe
The GREATEST AUTHORS OF NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE FICTION…
Or WRITERS OF THE SCARLET SERGE
Introduction: Canadian Mountie Fiction
“To the sweet-voiced, dark-eyed little half-Cree maiden at Lac-Bain, who is the Minnetaki of this story. And to Teddy Brown, guide and trapper. And loyal comrade of the author in many of his adventures, this book is affectionately dedicated.” – James Oliver Curwood
Her hand, seeking his hand, crept into his palm, and her fingers clung to his fingers. He could feel the thrill of the miracle passing through her, the miracle of the open spaces, the miracle of the forests rising billow on billow to the purple mists of the horizon. The miracle of the golden Saskatchewan River rolling slowly and peacefully in its slumbering sheen out of that mighty mysteryland that reached to the lap of the setting sun.
She looked up swiftly, her eyes brimming with the golden flash of the sun.
“It’s wonderful! And off there — “
“God’s Country,” he said devoutly…
From THE RIVER’S END: A New Story of God’s Country, a novel by James Oliver Curwood.
Since early boyhood, I’ve been given, borrowed, bought and collected the great writers of the Canadian wilderness. Writers like Sir Charles G D Roberts, E Pauline Johnson, Jack London, Grey Owl, Ernest Thompson Seton, H A Cody, George Marsh. And (later) Farley Mowat and Pierre Berton.
When older folks heard of this, they began to give me treasured old copies of books by writers I’d never heard of. Ralph Connor, Samuel Alexander White, James Oliver Curwood, William Byron Mowery and James B Hendryx. Most were tales of our own legendary Mounted Police. And those red-coated Mounties had heroic adventures that kept you glued to the pages. I still have some of those books — so many moves, especially as a kid, and stuff gets left behind somehow. But I have ’em on pinewood shelves right now, faded covers hiding glorious stories of our Once Bright Wilderness Nation.
So step up on the foot boards of your dog sled, mon ami, grab the handle, yell “Mush!” to your team of huskies. And prepare to hit the long snowy trail. Here’s a look at my personal Top 10, my favourite WRITERS OF THE SCARLET SERGE:
“THE WRITERS OF THE NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE” — MY MOST POPULAR LITERARY HISTORY POST!
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An extensive look at the writers who created the magnificent Mythology of our North-West Mounted Police. I have picked my Top 10 Mountie Fiction Writers in some detail — and a look at many other authors. Amply illustrated with marvelous magazine and book covers. READ MY COMPLETE ARCHIVED ARTICLE!
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