Books

Shelf containing many books about the NWMP, RNWMP and RCMP. (Source of photo - Sheldon Boles)

S Shelf containing many books about the NWMP, RNWMP and RCMP.

Since the creation of the RCMP, there have been hundreds of fiction and non-fiction books published about the North West Mounted Police, Royal North West Mounted Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Over the past few years, there has been a flood of books about the RCMP and policing in Canada.  On our website, we have posted some of these books for the information of our website visitors.

Some of these books are as follows:

New Book:  Cunning Edge – written by Kim Marsh – Check out our webpage on this book here

New Book:  Duty Done – Memories of Fairmont Barracks edited by Donna Morse and Ric Hall.

Check out this link to purchase the book through Chapters/Indigo.

Check out this link to purchase the book through the RCMP Heritage Centre.

Duty Done – Memories of Fairmont Barracks

10-33, An Officer Down Steps Back Up – written by Laurie White. Check out the link to purchase this book.

Between Blade & Bullet – written by Margaret Franz – Check out our webpage on this book here

Faces of the Force – written by Helen Metella and Pamela Cowan – Check out our webpage on this book here

Stories to Tell My Daughters Before I Die – written by Bill Adams – Check out our webpage on this book here

Operation Vanished – written by Helen C. Escott – Check out our webpage on this book here

The Grey Zone – written by Don Easton – Check out our webpage on this book here.

NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE / Memoir of a Doctor’s Wife – by Henrietta E. Haultain / edited by Donald J. Klancher. Check out our webpage on this book here.

Blamed and Broken – The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski – written by Curt Petrovich. Check out our webpage here for Curt Petrovich’s speaking engagement.

At the Mountain’s Edge – written by Genieve Graham.  Check out the link to purchase this book.

An Element of Risk – written by Don Easton – Check out our webpage on this book here.

Death And Other Stories – From Red River Carts To Peggy’s Cove – written by David Nadeau.

The North-West Mounted Police: 1873-85 – written by Jack Dunn –  Check out our webpage on this book here.

Twice As Far: The Swissair 111 Airplance Crash Investigation – The Shocking True Story Of Deception & Corruption Behind The Hangar Doors – written by RCMP Veteran Thomas C. Juby. – Check out our webpage on this book here.

Mounties On The Cover – RCMP Veteran Al Lund – Check out the link to purchase this book..

Shattered Illusions: KGB Cold War Espionage In Canada – RCMP Veteran Donald G. Mahar – Check out our webpage on this book here.

Silenced: The Untold Story Of The Fight For Equality In The RCMP – RCMP Veteran Dr. Bonnie Reilly Schmidt – Check out our webpage on this book here.

Second Careers For Street Cops: Use your Experience As A Police Officer To Start A Second Career, A Practical Guide For Law Enforcement Officers by VPD Veteran John Eldridge. – Check out the book review here.

Red Coat Diaries: True Stories From The Royal Canadian Mounted Police – edited by Constable Aaron Sheedy – Check out the book review here.

Through Midnight Sapphires Into My Scarlet Heat – by RCMP Veteran Sherry Williams – Check out more details here.

No One To Tell: Breaking My Silence On Life In The RCMP – by RCMP Veteran Janet Marlo – Check out more details here.

RCMP Manual of Horsemanship – by RCMP Veteran Donald Klancher – Check out more details here.

Souls Behind The Badge: The Real World Of Policing – by RCMP Veteran Wayne Ryan – Check out more details here.

Spying 101: The RCMP’s Secret Activities At Canadian Universities, 1917 – 1997 – by RCMP Veteran Steve Hewitt – Check out more details here.

The Thinner Blue Line: The Life & Times Of A Dedicated Customs Officer –  by Barry M. Risk – Check out more details here.

Victoria Cross: For Daring & Conspicuous Acts Of Bravery – by the Royal Canadian Legion – Check further details here.

Other books which we have not had the opportunity to conduct a book review are as follows:

In The Mind Of A Mountie – by RCMP Veteran T.M. ‘Scotty’ Gardiner.

Law Of The Yukon: A History Of The Mounted Police In The Yukon – By Helene Dorowolsky.

No Easy Ride: Reflections Of My Life In The RCMP – by RCMP Veteran Ian T. Parsons.

Red Serge And Polar Bear Pants: Biography of RCMP Member Harry Stallworthy – by William Barr.

This is Not The RCMP I Joined: The RCMP Pension And Insurance Scandal – by RCMP Veteran Ron Lewis.

Fictional Book Written By RCMP Veteran:

The Caloris Rim Project by Glenn MacDonald – Check out more details here.

When new books are published, we will endeavour to include them on this list.

Photograph of RCMP books (Source of photo - Sheldon Boles).