Author: ROSS, DAVID. MAY, ROBIN (1929-)
Title: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1873-1987) / text by David Ross and Robin May ; colour plates by Richard Hook
Description: London : Osprey 1988. First Edition. Near-fine copy in the original color-printed. stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered.Series; Men-at-arms series ; 197. Physical description; 47 p. : ill.(some col.). ports. ; 25 cm. Summary; In 1870. after completing a 1000-mile trek across Canada. Lt. W.F. Butler. an officer of the British Army. recommended the establishment of a 'well-equipped force from 100 to 150 men. one-third to be mounted' for the purpose of policing the North West; three years later. the North West Mounted Police was established. By the late 1980s. this force. now the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). had grown to include 18.000 members. with a budget of more than $1 billion. This book outlines the origins and evolution of the RCMP. detailing its formation. tasks. uniforms and insignia. Biography; David Ross is a curator with Parks Canada. He is a respected authority on Canada's military heritage who also co-authored MAA 249: Canadian Campaigns 1860-70. Robin May was born in 1929. An actor for many years. he became a writer and journalist specializing in the American west. His collaboration with Gerry Embleton in the 1970s produced Men-at-Arms 39: British Army in North America 1775-83 and Men-At-Arms 48: Wolfe's Army. A prolific writer for the rest of his career. Robin May died in 1996. Subjects; Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Canada - Police - Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Police & security services. History / Military / General. Social Science / General. Police History Canada. Genre; Illustrated. ISBN: 085045834X. Weight in Kg appr.:

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