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Harwood Steele
1897–1978
Raised in the world of the Canadian Mounties, this novelist and historian turned firsthand experience into vivid adventure stories and books of military and police history. His work blends action, frontier life, and a close knowledge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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About the author
Born in 1897, Harwood Elmes Robert Steele was the son of famed North-West Mounted Police officer Sam Steele. Sources describe him as a soldier, arctic explorer, journalist, and author, and his background gave him unusual access to the people and stories behind the Mounties that later shaped much of his writing.
He served in the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross. After the war he worked as a journalist, took part in the Canadian government’s 1925 sovereignty expedition into the High Arctic, and went on to write both fiction and nonfiction. His books include Spirit-of-Iron, The Ninth Circle, Ghosts Returning, Policing the Arctic, and The Canadians in France, 1915–1918.
Steele died in 1978. Remembered for adventure fiction and historical writing rooted in Canadian military and police life, he brought an insider's feel to stories of the North-West Mounted Police and the Arctic.