Mountie in Mukluks: The Arctic Adventures of Bill
But readers of Mountie in Mukluks will soon realize they are in the presence of one of the most un-cop-like cops who ever built an igloo. And by the time they have finished they will never be able to think quite the same way about the fabled Redcoats, or life in the far north. \ During the 1930s, Bill White gave up trapping and joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, volunteering for arctic service. Arctic life was so dodgy in those days of the Mad Trapper and The Lost Patrol, the force...
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Almost everyone knows who Bill White is, though they may not know his name. Bill is the red-coated, dog-sledding Mountie who always gets his man. At least that's how it seems at first glance.
Bill White (1905-2001) was born in Bala, Ontario and grew up on a farm near Yellowgrass, Saskatchewan. He trapped in the Lac La Ronge area of northern Saskatchewan before enlisting in the RCMP and requesting Arctic service in 1930. After leaving the force in 1934 he worked in Vancouver's wartime shipyards and became president of the Marine Workers and Boilermakers Union, a post he held for 11 years. He was the subject of one other book, A Hard Man to Beat (1984) by Howard White.
\ Kamloops Daily News"Obviously, Bill White never had much patience with anyone at any level who didn't give the Inuit their full due and his colourful stories prove it. With language that can be crude, rude, caustic, and coarse - but never truly profane - While declares his thoughts and feelings for the North and 'everything that makes the Arctic hard to live in: cold, wind, ice and lunatics.' Despite his apparent dislike of myths and legends, Bill White has become one himself. His book is first-class Arctic Canadiana that everyone should read."\ -M.Wayne Cunningham, Kamloops Daily News\ \ \ \ \ Kamloops Daily NewsObviously, Bill White never had much patience with anyone at any level who didn't give the Inuit their full due and his colourful stories prove it. With language that can be crude, rude, caustic, and coarse - but never truly profane - While declares his thoughts and feelings for the North and 'everything that makes the Arctic hard to live in: cold, wind, ice and lunatics.' Despite his apparent dislike of myths and legends, Bill White has become one himself. His book is first-class Arctic Canadiana that everyone should read.\ -M.Wayne Cunningham, Kamloops Daily News\ \
