Frontiersman's Pocket-Book

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

Del i serien Bruce Peel Special Collections

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Beskrivning

The Countess Mountbatten's Own Legion of Frontiersmen was conceived and organized in 1905 as a body of frontier sentinels, and they first published The Frontiersman's Pocket-Book in 1909 as their training and survival manual. Long out-of-print, copies command steep prices in the antiquarian book market. This facsimile edition of the Pocket-Book features documents, photographs, and maps drawn from the University of Alberta's Bruce Peel Special Collections Library's Sir Samuel Steele Collection, and also includes the papers of Roger Pocock (1865-1941), founder of the Frontiersmen as well as the compiler and editor of the Pocket-Book. More than a mere historic curiosity, The Frontiersman's Pocket-Book remains a useful, if dated, guide to living and working in the bush, or even for conducting guerrilla warfare.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-07-28
Mått:108 x 152 x 38 mm
Vikt:400 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Bruce Peel Special Collections
Antal sidor:506
Förlag:University of Alberta Press
ISBN:9781551952970

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Roger Pocock was an inveterate, world-ranging traveller who crossed paths with many influential people. Missionary, writer, pirate, soldier, and cowboy, he loved Canada the best, after his native Britain.

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"One of the great successes of the Legion was the publication in 1909 of The Frontiersman’s Pocket Book. This was intended to be, and was, the ultimate survival book for anyone living or working in the wilder places of the world. There were many contributors from men, and the occasional woman, who were well-known in their day, although many have now faded into obscurity. In addition, it contained advice on such things as how to capture and detain a fugitive as well as clear instructions on demolitions – blowing up bridges, trains etc., so it was also an ideal handbook for guerrillas or irregular troops. There were several pages of well-drawn recognition silhouettes of warships, including both British and French as well as German ships. Each and every page of the book is crammed with extraordinary and surprising advice."