London:: Macmillan, 1973.. 1st U.K. Ed.. Hardbound . Description: 8vo, 400 pp, index, reference sources, bibliography, chronology, illustrated endpapers, 3 maps, 8 double sided plates The history of the North West Mounted Police has long been buried in legend and myth. Hurried into existence in 1873 to meet the threat of American whiskey traders and Indian unrest, a meager force of 300 men set off in July of 1874 on an epic, and near-disastrous march across the prairie to the foothills of the Rockies. From those beginnings to the days of the Northwest Rebellion, the author has used letters, diaries, reports and memoirs of the men who lived through those harsh and historic years to portray them as they actually were -- men of flesh and blood, instead of the romantic myth. As one early Mountie put it, "We were as God made us and oftentimes even worse." BINDING/CONDITION: brown paper covered boards; a Very Good+ book; the dust jacket has one marble sized chip, and is otherwise Very Good; the dj art is clean and bright with very good color; the dj is price clipped.

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Bookseller: The Bookworm (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 016144
Title: Maintain the Right: The Early History of the Northwest Mounted Police, 1873-1900.
Author: Atkin, Ronald
Format/Binding: Hardbound
Book Condition: Used
Edition: 1st U.K. Ed.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: London:
Date Published: 1973.

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