The Mounties; The History of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Greenwich: Royce Publications [0-86124-178-9] 1984. (4to) 160pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Black and white and color photographs, black and white and color illustrations, index. The top corner of the front cover is bumped and there is a previous owner's address label on the front free endpaper. "The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), or the 'Mounties,' is the national law enforcement department of Canada. In 1869, Canada's Dominion government acquired the vast unsettled territory of the Canadian Northwest. The Red River Rebellion and other small uprisings made it difficult to open the territory to permanent settlers, so a mounted police force was organized in 1873 and was called the North-West Mounted Police". Book about Red River Rebellion. Locale: Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Western Canada, North-West Mounted Police, Police, R.C.M.P., Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Settlement--Canada).