Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Landmark Books, Number W-8).

New York:: Random House, 1953.. Young Readers of America edition.. Hardbound . BINDING/CONDITION: beige cloth with title and series device; the top edge tint is light red; a Very Good book, with a Good dust jacket.. 8vo (8.5 inches tall) . Index. Endpaper illustrations are in diamond patterns and show scenes from various books in the series. Description: Illustrated by Lee J Ames.. This is Number W-8 in the World Landmark Books series. This series presents historic and biographical books for young readers, designed to hold the attention as well as to inform. Lives of outstanding people and topics of interest in American and world history are presented in story form with illustrations. Richard L Neuberger is the author of another in the Landmark series -- The Lewis and Clark Expedition. This tells the story of The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, from their early days when there were only about 150 men in the entire force. In 1873, the Northwest Territory was a wild region of more than a million square miles, and wandering bands of criminals terrorized the settlers. One desperado boasted he was the boss of the town and ''no soldier was going to lock him up.'' But he and many others like him soon learned that the redcoated Mounties seemed to be everywhere, They rarely fired a shot; instead, they used their heads and now and then their fists.