Article: "Descent into Madness": a true wilderness tale based on Oros diary

Oksana Zakydalsky
Ukrainian Weekly, The
04-10-1994
"Descent into Madness": a true wilderness tale based on Oros diary.

A crazed man in the wilderness, heroic Mounties (one of them a Ukrainian), a dangerous manhunt-these are the elements of an adventure story, in this case a true one. It is told in the book "Descent into Madness" by Vernon Frolick, who as a crown prosecuting attorney in British Columbia was personally involved in part of the story. The main character is Michael Oros, an American who comes North to find freedom and ends up a fugitive from the Mounties.

The author was born in Toronto in 1950 and is the son of the late writer Gloria Kupchenko Frolick. After completing his law ...

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