"Curious that there's a road named after Simon Gunanoot in Williams Lake, some 500 km away by air (or 700 km by road or packtrail) from the homeland of this legendary Gitxsan trapper, backwoodsman and outlaw in Hazelton/Kispiox country. It attests to the widespread fame and fascination of the man who evaded authority for thirteen years after a suspicious double murder in 1906. Author Geoff Mynett offers an intriguing perspective into one of British Columbia's most celebrated fugitives, told through the analytic eye and legal mind of a retired lawyer. Mynett's play-by-play account of Pinkerton operatives hard on the trail of their 'man' across the rugged Northern British Columbia landscape takes you to the heart of the drama. The author's legal analysis of Gunanoot's 1919 court case into the murders is particularly revealing. Mynett's meticulous research and supporting documents that include correspondence, articles and transcripts, offer a unique authenticity to the Gunanoot story never before told." --Sage Birchwater, author of Chilcotin Chronicles "Simon Peter Gunanoot is the iconic Gitxsan outlaw who stands astride a 'Wild West' in British Columbia that was wilder than any American pulp writer imagined. It's a story of colliding cultures, colonial authority, Indigenous resistance and of conflicting concepts of rights, justice and governance that still reverberate through current events.

Sifting through secret police reports dispatched during a thirteen-year manhunt, Geoff Mynett sheds a shrewd and discerning light on the social history they inadvertently reveal. As compelling as the best police procedural, his meticulously researched book is an extraordinary and important contribution to BC history." --Stephen Hume, long-time Vancouver Sun columnist and award-winning author.