Bitten by the 'Arctic Bug' : Reflections of an RCMP Officer's Northern Life

Reid, Betty

ISBN 10: 1896331556 / ISBN 13: 9781896331553

Published by White Mountain Publications, New Liskeard, ON, Canada, 2003

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Very Good condition. Minimal wear to edges and corners. Binding tight, pages clean. Appears to be signed by The Author. Previous owner's name inside, blacked out with marker. Pictures available upon request.

Seller Inventory # 003665

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bitten by the 'Arctic Bug' : Reflections of an RCMP Officer's Northern Life
• Publisher: White Mountain Publications, New Liskeard, ON, Canada
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1896331556
• ISBN 13: 9781896331553
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Illustrated
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction

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Synopsis

"Betty Reid served in the North six years with her R.C.M.P. husband, Jim Reid, in the North West Territories from 1944-1950 ... Jim's job was to uphold the law and provide clearance for the export of furs. He was also appointed Indian Agent. The only other non-native [Aboriginal peoples, First Nations] families were those of the Hudson's Bay Company Factor, an independent fur trader and later, a Game Warden. Forget running water; forget electric lights, forget schools, churches, supermarkets. Conditions were primitive to say the least ... Most of all the writer fell in love with the native people - fur trappers, and their families from the Slavey Band whose cultural beliefs and moral values built in them a 'great integrity and dignity of spirit'."--back cover.