Trooper In The Far North-West : Recollection Of A Life In The North-West Mounted Police, Canada, 1884-1888

Donkin, John George

Saskatoon, 1987

By Western Producer Prairie Books
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Card covers, 289 pages, 5.25x8.25 in, [13x21 cm]. Originally published in 1889, present copy a 1987 reprint edition.
Condition

Ownership inscription on the half-title; textblock age-tanned; covers rubbed.
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A firsthand narrative of service in the North-West Mounted Police from 1884 to 1888, notable for its perspective from an ordinary constable rather than an officer. Donkin recounts his experiences at Prince Albert during the North-West Resistance and his duty as a guard over Louis Riel in Regina prior to the execution. His reminiscences range from observations on landscape, weather, and farming prospects to the everyday realities of frontier police work, offering a vivid account of the closing years of the prairie frontier.
ISBN

0888332467
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