Scarlet Riders

by Don Hutchison

No country has had as many stories written about its national police force as Canada. The sterling image of the scarlet-coated Mountie was almost as familiar a symbol as the ubiquitous cowboy in American fiction. And nowhere was he more popular than in the dynamic pulp fiction magazines. During the '20s, '30s, and '40s, tales featuring rugged Mounties maintaining the law of the untamed North were so popular that a number of authors built careers specializing in their exploits. This is a generous collection of such stories, as flamboyant and red-blooded as the publications in which they first appeared.

Genres: Fiction

289 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1998

Reviews

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good pulp reprint. Reprinted here are 12 pulp era stories of the Mounted police. Recommended

[David Marsh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection of stories from the golden age of pulps are a lot of fun to read. The earnestness of the writing makes up for the lack of technique and overblown plots and dialogue are shared without a trace of irony. Make one proud to be Canadian! :-)