Monte Engelson: 3 books

This story is based on a collection of letters that were sent to my dad’s mother between the years 1935 to 1945. My mother and father were with the British Columbia Police. They were based on the coast, and later, Northern B.C. World War II was soon to happen, Harold, my dad, joined the RCAF as...

This is a story told through letters written to Harolds mother. Harold was a police officer in northern British Columbia. Even before the war was declared with Germany in 1939, he wanted to join and do what he could for freedom. He was one of the lucky ones in active combat and managed to come back....

“Daddy, what did you do when you were young?” Many children ask this question. My daughter would say back, “Daddy, you’re kidding me!” I did much thinking and decided, before I became too old to think, to write an account of my “growing up”. I wanted my father to do the same, but his...