First printing (number line). Tight, clean, flat, square and sharp book with light bending to some corners. Maps. Illustrations. Not issued in hard cover. Early history of the forerunners of one of the world's most elite military units, the U.S. Army RangersThe French and Indian War, the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Texas War of Independence, and the Mexican WarFeatures Ranger pioneers like Robert Rogers, Francis Marion, and George Rogers ClarkRobert W. Black adds a new chapter to his story of the American Rangers, beginning with the birth of the Ranger idea in the 1600s and following Ranger forces through the Mexican War of 1846-48.