Mounted Police Life in Canada : a record of thirty-one years' service (1916): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Mounted Police Life in Canada : a record of thirty-one years' service (1916), credited to Richard Burton Deane, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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Librivox recording of Mounted Police Life in Canada : a record of thirty-one years' service (1916) by Richard Burton Deane (1848-1940) read by Esther. Learn more about the famous and respected Royal Canadian Mounted Police. This book is the personal recollections of one ‘Mountie’; his life, experiences and trials as an officer in a new frontier – The Canadian Northwest. (Summary by Esther)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Mounted Police Life in Canada : a record of thirty-one years' service (1916)
• Author credits: Richard Burton Deane
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 9:57:07

Catalogue topics

• Canada
• History
• Mounties
• Mounted Police
• Louis Riel

Track guide

1. 01 - 1883-84. REGINA — 24:40
2. 02 - 1884. Regina — 12:58
3. 03 - Rebellion Year 1885 Regina — 20:24
4. 04 - 1886-88. Regina — 21:48
5. 05 - 1888. Lethbridge — 18:54
6. 06 - 1888-89. Lethbridge — 29:33
7. 07 - 1890-97. Lethbridge — 21:21
8. 08 - 1898-1902. Lethbridge and Macleod — 35:20
9. 09 - 1902-6. Maple Creek — 14:24
10. 10 - 1906-14. Calgary — 19:54
11. 11 - 1906-14. Calgary continued — 20:57
12. 12 - The Passing of the Calgary Barracks. 1914 — 10:55
13. 13 - Mounted Police Law — 15:20
14. 14 - An Unrecorded Incident of Mounted Police History: The Crooked Lakes Affair — 26:49
15. 15-1 - Wholesale Cattle Smuggling — 28:43
16. 15-2 - Wholesale Cattle Smuggling — 27:41
17. 16-1 - Louis Riel: Executed for Treason — 33:11
18. 16-2 - Louis Riel: Executed for Treason — 32:02
19. 16-3 - Louis Riel: Executed for Treason — 37:45
20. 17-1 - Three Trials for Murder — 31:20
21. 17-2 - Three Trials for Murder — 22:41
22. 18 - Incidents of Mounted Police Life — 36:23
23. 19 - Humours and Uncertainties of the Law — 34:00
24. 20 - Some Early Reminiscences — 20:17

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