Dickens of the Mounted

by Francis Dickens, Eric Nicol, E. Nicol

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0771068077
• ISBN13: 9780771068072
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A Classic

Until I read "Dickens of the Mounted" I thought that Charles Dickens was a great writer but his son Francis has written a book so full of humour and pathos I found it impossible to put down. I laughed, I laughed some more, and I cried. Not only is this a wonderful time capsule of history but it is also a personal study in what it means to be the son or daughter of a celebrity. My greatest regret is that Francis did not take up a career in writing as this book certainly rivals anything that his father wrote. What Francis had over his father is a remarkable sense of humour even under the most trying of conditions. Why this book has not been re-released or better yet made into a Hollywood film I can only wonder. Perhaps it is time this book was put into the hands of someone who can bring this great work to light.

Unlikely hero - Real history

An instant classic historical novel. This reads like a bizarre amalgam of The Diary of a Nobody and The Flashman papers. How can such a marvelous novel have fallen out of print? Learn about life in the North West Mounted Police and in the shadow of a famous relative as Dickens deadpans his way along the "medicine line". Reprint this book now!