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Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
JERRY POTTS. by Sealey, D. Bruce - 1980
by Sealey, D. Bruce
JERRY POTTS.
by Sealey, D. Bruce
- Used
- Paperback
Don Mills: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1980. 64 pp, 8 1/2" H. "Taciturn, eccentric, wearing the suit and hat of a European and the moccasins and talismans of an Indian, Jerry Potts was an unlikely member of the North West Mounted Police. Nevertheless, he was to serve the Mounties loyally as a scout, guide and interpreter for more than twenty years. His unequalled knowledge of the prairies and their people would prove vital in the campaign to rid the West of whiskey smugglers, and in important treaty negotiations between the government and the native people. Potts lived at the frontier of settlement in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but he was a frontiersman in more ways than one. As a Metis and a Mountie he lived at the interface of three cultures, and during his lifetime the Wild West was tamed and modern Canada was born. His biography provides a uniquely personal perspective on a critical period in Canadian history." Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - some light toning on the rear cover.. Not Signed. Soft Cover. Very Good+.
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (CA)
- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Very Good+
- Binding Paperback
- ISBN 10 0889026785
- ISBN 13 9780889026780
- Publisher Fitzhenry & Whiteside
- Place of Publication Don Mills
- Date Published 1980
- Keywords Jerry Potts, Biography, Metis, North West Mounted Police, Mounties, Blackfoot Confederacy, Bloods, Cree, Fort Benton, Fort Macleod, Fort Whoop-Up, Indian Way of Life, Native Americans, Lawlessness, Canadian Prairies, Colonel James Macleod, Peigan, Louis R