Following the Frontier : Horseback Adventures on the Infamous Outlaw Trail

by Pocock, Roger

• ISBN13: 9781590480267
• ISBN10: 1590480260
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

Roger Pocock was an Englishman whose tales of wanderlust and equestrian adventure were 19th century travel classics. "Following the Frontier" is considered his best work describing as it does his early adventures in North America. Although the autobiographical account reads like fiction, it is in fact only the first half of his remarkable life. Pocock begins his tale by explaining how he came to join the Canadian Mounties in 1885. When the Saskatchewan Rebellion broke out soon afterwards, Pocock's unit was ordered to march from Regina to Fort Albert during the height of the Canadian winter. The author's feet were severely frost-bitten, leaving him crippled for life.

Table of Contents

Puppyhood	p. 3
Sinking	p. 20
The Trail of the Trooper	p. 31
War	p. 41
Peace	p. 68
The Great Patrol	p. 78
The Trail of the Journalist	p. 99
The Trail of the Missionary	p. 127
The Trail of the Savage	p. 143
The Yokohama Pirates	p. 152
The Trail of the Prospector	p. 177
The Trail of the Trader	p. 188
The Trail of the Discouraged	p. 221
The Trail of the Cargador	p. 236
The Long Trail	p. 257
The Trail of the Outlaw	p. 283
The Desert	p. 301
A Record in Horsemanship	p. 333
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