SCARLET AND STETSON The Royal North-West Mounted Police on the Prairies

Hardback. The author joined the Royal North-West Mounted Police in 1910 at age 15, during a fascinating era in the development of the Canadian West. Thousands of homesteaders were surging across the prairies in search of new homes and a better life. The NWMP first marched into the prairies in 1874. In this vivid account of the RNWMP in the years between 1900 and 1917, the author recaptures much of the excitement of the time: prairie fires, manhunts, murders (some of the victims were policemen), scuffles with horse thieves, cattle rustlers and such formidable Indians as Black Hand and Almighty Voice. With Epilogue. 280pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned edges. Vg. in sunned and frayed G+ dw.