Sergeant Dick of the Royal Mounted Police A thrilling story of the Canadian woodsJohn G. RoweOmniClassics · Literature
Sergeant Dick of the Royal Mounted Police A thrilling story of the Canadian woods
John G. RoweA mounted policeman and two courageous women confront a hooded gang threatening a Canadian border community.
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About the book
Sergeant John Dick is struggling through a mountain gorge with an injured horse when gunfire reveals a stagecoach robbery. The attackers wear white hoods, and their theft includes gold intended for a nearby reservation across the United States border. Wounded during his intervention, Dick receives help from Muriel Arnold and her companion, whose unusual home stands on piles in Lake Paquita. The house and its boat become important positions in a conflict of pursuit, siege, and attempted rescue. Rowe writes a swiftly moving adventure built around practical courage under pressure, giving Muriel an active role alongside the policeman. The plot also uses stereotyped fears of Indigenous unrest familiar in older frontier fiction, rather than offering a neutral account of the communities it depicts.
- Courage under siege
- Cooperation and resourcefulness
- Frontier law
Why read it
The lake house and its sailing scow create a distinctive setting for the story's repeated tests of defense and escape.
English Cupples & Leon text with the 1929 copyright