The Great Adventure- How the Mounties Conquered the West - Hardcover

Hardcover book with dustjacket in excellent condition. Sir John A Macdonald created the North West Mounted Police to bring law and order to the West, money and power to the East. More than 300 untrained young men, captivated by the spirit of adventure, began the march west to the notorious Fort Whoop Up = headquarters of the whiskey trade where every sin known to man and some invented on the spot, were practised on a daily basis. The Mounties' mission: drive out the whiskey traders, pacify the Indians, secure the border and bring law to the frontier. Their 900 mile trek turned into a gruelling, devasting four-month epic as they faced starvation, thirst, disease, stampedes, pairie storms, stalking Indians, loneliness, cooties and even a plague of grasshoppers. The Great Adventure rides along with the Mounties, feeling their saddlesores, tasting their fears and savouring their triuimps. 416 pages Published by Viking Press - 1996 NEW TO POSHMARK? Sign up with my promo code PAEDPT and get $15 off your first order from Postmark!