Author: Robert Gordon Teather. Published by Heritage House, Surrey, BC, 1997, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Size: 8.5 x 5.5, 160 pages.MOUNTIE MAKERS, Putting the CANADIAN in RCMP, is a story about Bob Teather as he entered RCMP Basic Recruit Training in 1967 with no idea of what he was getting into. Along with 31 other confused young men, he found himself in Regina, Saskatchewan, as a lowly member of Troop 18, Bob began a six-month ordeal that he candidly recalls in detail in this well-written and engaging book. In MOUNTIE MAKERS, Corporal Teather's story brings you close to six recruits from across the country, Teather himself, a scrawny kid from Hamilton who often learned the hard way that "if it hurts you just tape an aspirin to it. Their experiences capture the essence of Canada and provide revealing aspects of the traditional RCMP training process. Near the end of his active career, Bob came to realize that it was Basic Training that put the Canadian in his RCMP and that bonds its members into a force capable of policing this complex country.ISBN: 9781895811414GC&C Stock #1954
