RARE VINTAGE Revolutionary War:"The Queen's Rangers" by Charles Norton, 1899 ed.

by Charles Ledyard Norton

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First edition

This tale of a British Loyalist military outfit captures the romance, turbulence of the American Revolution The Queen’s Rangers by Charles Ledyard Norton is a historical adventure novel set during the American Revolution, centering on the exploits of the Queen’s Rangers, a famed Loyalist military unit that fought on the British side of the conflict. Published in 1899 by W. A. Wilde Co., the novel blends military action, frontier adventure, and patriotic drama in the style of late 19th-Century historical fiction. The story follows fictionalized characters caught amid the turbulence of Revolutionary-era warfare, where divided loyalties, espionage, skirmishes, and shifting allegiances shape everyday life. Against a backdrop of wilderness travel, military encounters, and political uncertainty, the narrative explores tensions between Loyalists and Patriots while dramatizing the dangers faced by soldiers and civilians alike. Norton draws upon real historical settings and military organizations—particularly the Queen’s Rangers, an elite Loyalist regiment associated with reconnaissance, rapid movement, and irregular warfare—to lend authenticity to the story. Like many historical novels of its period, the book combines romance, adventure, and moral themes with an educational interest in the nation’s founding era. The first three pages are coming loose from the binding. Rest of pages are intact, though the binding is shaken some (the sewn binding has kept the pages intact). SHIPS IN A

• Publisher: W.A. Wilde Co.
• Condition: Good

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