Forty Years in Canada - Reminiscences of the Great North-West With Some Account of His Service in South Africa [The Ryerson Archive Series]
by Steele, Samuel B.; Colmer, J.G. [Introduction]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Fair dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0070774803
- ISBN 13
- 9780070774803
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Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited/Maclean Hunter Limited. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1972. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. 0070774803 . "Samuel Benfield Steele [1851-1919] joined the Canadian Militia, fought against the Fenians, and was on the Red River Expedition against Louis Riel's Metis. He joined the North-West Mounted Police and was involved in many of the historic episodes of the Canadian West. He fought in the South African War and, in later years, took a division overseas in WWI and was knighted for his services." - dust jacket. Binding tight. Moderate wear to book with prior owner's details inside boards and upon title page. Blind stamp to front free endpaper. Average wear to dust jacket which is sunned at spine and now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. pp. xx, 428. Index. Black and white illustrations. A sound copy of this "autobiography of one of the most remarkable men in the history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canadian West." - dust jacket.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Sam Steele, Samuel B. Steele, North-west Mounted Police, NWMP, .
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- Title
- Forty Years in Canada - Reminiscences of the Great North-West With Some Account of His Service in South Africa [The Ryerson Archive Series]
- Author
- Steele, Samuel B.; Colmer, J.G. [Introduction]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0070774803
- ISBN 13
- 9780070774803
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited/Maclean Hunter Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- 0070774803, Sam Steele, Samuel B. Steele, North-west Mounted Police, NWMP,
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- Biography;
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