The Mounties March West: The Epic Trek and Early Adventures of the Mounted Police

by Tony Hollihan

The North-West Mounted Police was created in 1873 by Prime Minister John A. Macdonald in order to allow the fledgling nation of Canada to assert its authority over a vast tract of land in the West purchased from the Hudson's Bay Company. That early company of mounted police faced a brutal four-month march across a harsh wilderness. Colonel George French, Major James Macleod, Private Frederick Bagley and the rest of the North-West Mounted Police rode...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894864042
• ISBN13: 9781894864046
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Folklore Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.3"