Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Police and military
Amidst public outcry, Prime Minister John A. Macdonald created the North West Mounted Police to bring law and order to one of the most dangerous places in North America -- the Canadian West. Using original sources, the authors portray the… first Mounties, some three hundred untrained young men, who were sent west to drive out whiskey smugglers and outlaws, and pacify the Indians. Some strong language. c1996.