THE COWBOY CAVALRY, The Story of The rocky Mountain Rangers, by Gordon E. Tolton (2011 1st Ed.)

Author: Gordon E. Tolton. Published by Heritage House Publishing, 2011, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with light cover wear. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inch, 239 pages. 

THE COWBOY CAVALRY, The Story of The rocky Mountain Rangers, by Gordon E. Tolton, is the story of how 114 men mustered to form the Rocky Mountain Rangers, and became a volunteer militia charged with ensuring the safety of the open range between the Rocky Mountains and the Cypress Hills.

When Native and Métis unrest escalated into the Northwest Rebellion of 1885, white settlers in southern Alberta`s cattle country were terrified. Three major First Nations bordered their range, and war seemed certain. Along came the Rangers! The Rangers were a motley crew, from ex-Mounties and ex-cons to retired, high-ranking military officials and working ranch hands. Membership qualifications were scant: ability to ride a horse, knowledge of the prairies, and preparedness to die. The Rangers were resolutely prepared to fight, as mounted cavalry, should the rebellion spread.

This is their story, inextricably linked to the dissensions of the day, rife with skirmishes, corruption, jealousies, rumour, innuendo and gross media sensationalizing . . . all bound together with what author Gordon Tolton terms "a generous helping of gunpowder."

 ISBN: 9781926936024  

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