The Doctor Of The North

by Wallace Q. Reid

Jim Lanson was a man with a past - a past that held nothing but disillusionment. At one time a doctor in England, his name had been removed from the Register and he had found in the Canadian backwoods a refuge and a home. Of course, he was a woman-hater - at least until the day he rescued Alice Kennedy from the clutches of the ruffian Tim Hogan.

360 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

George Goodchild (1888-1969) aka Alan Dare, Wallace Q. Reid, and Jesse Templeton, was an incredibly prolific successful British author. His career lasted over 60 years (1916-published after death, still reprinted); his output seemed unending, around 210 works, most under his own name.

Little is known of his life. Born in Kingston-on-Thames in 1888, he married Dora Mary Hill and had one son and two daughters. He lived at The Great Quarry, Guildford. Before full-time writing, he had experience in journalism and publishing. He died at Aldershot in 1969, aged 80.

Featured characters were Scotland Yard Inspector McLean, spy catcher Q33, Trooper O'Neill, cowboy Colorado Jim (Jack) and Nigel Rix. McLean appeared in The Weekly News even anonymously until 6 October 1979, ten years after Goodchild died, and inspired Dandy Inspector McLean Library published by D.C. Thomson. An early 1921 story in The Children's Newspaper was a rare contribution to the scifi genre. Only a handful of his books are still in print,

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