Royal Canadian Mounted Police Author:Richard L. Neuberger People prick up their ears when they hear of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, for the Canadian Mounties have become the most famous police force int he world. There were only about 150 of them at first. Their job was to maintain peace and justice in Canada's great Northwest. That was back in 1873, when the Northwest Territory was a wild reg... more »ion of more than a million square miles, and wandering bands of criminals terrorized the settlers. Richard Neuberger has written a stirring and fascinating account of this great police force, from its beginnings to the present day.« less